KR20130130879A - Method for manufacturing semiconductor device - Google Patents

Abstract

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of manufacturing a highly reliable semiconductor device having a thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor having stable electric characteristics. Forming an oxide semiconductor film on the gate electrode with a gate insulating film interposed therebetween, forming a first conductive film including titanium, molybdenum or tungsten on the oxide semiconductor film, and forming a first conductive film having electronegativity above hydrogen A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed by etching the first conductive film and the second conductive film to form an insulating film in contact with the oxide semiconductor film on the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, And a semiconductor device.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing semiconductor devices,

The present invention relates to a semiconductor device comprising an oxide semiconductor and a method of manufacturing the same.

A thin film transistor using a semiconductor film formed on an insulating surface is an indispensable semiconductor element in a semiconductor device. Since the manufacturing of the thin film transistor is limited by the heat resistance temperature of the substrate, the thin film transistor having the active layer of amorphous silicon capable of film formation at a relatively low temperature, the laser light, or polysilicon obtained by crystallization using the catalytic element, The mainstream of the transistor used in the first embodiment.

In recent years, as a new semiconductor material having high mobility obtained by polysilicon and uniform device characteristics obtained by amorphous silicon, a metal oxide exhibiting semiconductor characteristics called an oxide semiconductor has attracted attention. Metal oxides are used in various applications. For example, indium oxide, which is a well-known metal oxide, is used as a transparent electrode material in liquid crystal displays and the like. Examples of the metal oxide exhibiting semiconductor characteristics include tungsten oxide, tin oxide, indium oxide, zinc oxide, and the like, and thin film transistors using a metal oxide exhibiting such semiconductor characteristics in a channel formation region have been known (patent document). 1 and 2).

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-123861 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2007-096055

It is preferable that the transistor used in the semiconductor device has a small deviation of the threshold voltage due to deterioration with time and that the characteristics such as on current are good. The reliability of the semiconductor device can be increased by using a transistor having a small deviation of the threshold voltage due to aged deterioration and the semiconductor device can be driven at a higher frequency by using a transistor having good characteristics such as on current .

An object of the present invention is to provide a method of manufacturing a highly reliable semiconductor device. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device capable of high speed driving. Another object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable semiconductor device. Another object of the present invention is to provide a semiconductor device capable of high speed driving.

The present inventors have noted that impurities such as hydrogen and water present in the oxide semiconductor film cause degradation of the transistor with time such as shift of the threshold voltage. A conductive film using a metal having a low electronegativity, specifically a metal having a lower electronegativity than hydrogen, is used as a conductive film for a source electrode and a drain electrode, and formed on or below the oxide semiconductor film, Impurities such as hydrogen and water present are extracted into the conductive film to increase the purity of the oxide semiconductor film. As a result, it has been considered that deterioration with time of transistors due to impurities such as hydrogen and water is suppressed. By forming the conductive film into a desired shape by etching or the like, the source electrode and the drain electrode can be formed.

Specifically, in one aspect of the present invention, in manufacturing a semiconductor device having a transistor using an oxide semiconductor film as an active layer, a first conductive film made of a metal material such as titanium, tungsten, or molybdenum having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film So as to be in contact with the oxide semiconductor film. A second conductive film using a metal, a metal compound, or an alloy having a low electronegativity so as to overlap with the oxide semiconductor film is formed with the first conductive film interposed therebetween. Then, the first conductive film and the second conductive film are processed into a desired shape by etching or the like, thereby forming a source electrode and a drain electrode.

Alternatively, the first conductive film is formed so as to be in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, the second conductive film is formed so as to overlap the oxide semiconductor film with the first conductive film interposed therebetween, and then the second conductive film is removed by etching. In this case, after removing the second conductive film, a third conductive film using a metal, a metal compound, or an alloy having a low electronegativity is newly formed so as to overlap the oxide semiconductor film with the first conductive film therebetween. Then, the first conductive film and the third conductive film are processed into a desired shape by etching or the like to form a source electrode and a drain electrode.

Alternatively, the first conductive film is formed so as to be in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, the second conductive film is formed so as to overlap the oxide semiconductor film with the first conductive film interposed therebetween, and then the second conductive film is removed by etching. Subsequently, after removing the second conductive film, a third conductive film using a metal, a metal compound, or an alloy having a low electronegativity is formed so as to overlap the oxide semiconductor film with the first conductive film interposed therebetween. Furthermore, a fourth conductive film using a metal material such as titanium, tungsten, or molybdenum having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film is formed on the third conductive film so as to overlap with the oxide semiconductor film. In this case, a fifth conductive film using a metal material such as titanium, tungsten, or molybdenum having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film may be formed between the first conductive film and the third conductive film. Then, the first conductive film, the third conductive film, and the fourth conductive film, or the first conductive film, the third conductive film, the fourth conductive film, and the fifth conductive film are processed into a desired shape by etching or the like, .

In one aspect of the present invention, a metal material having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film is used for the first conductive film constituting the source electrode and the drain electrode, and since the metal material is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film, The contact resistance between the electrode and the oxide semiconductor film is reduced. Therefore, the ON current and the field effect mobility of the TFT can be increased. Further, since the second conductive film and the third conductive film use a metal, a metal compound, or an alloy having a low electronegativity, the oxide semiconductor film, the gate insulating film, or the oxide semiconductor film, Impurities such as water or hydrogen present are occluded or adsorbed in the second conductive film and the third conductive film. Therefore, it is possible to obtain oxide semiconductors which are infinitely close to i-type (intrinsic semiconductor) or i-type due to desorption of impurities such as moisture and hydrogen, and deterioration of transistor characteristics such as shifting of threshold voltage by the impurities And the off current can be reduced.

Examples of metals having low electronegativity include aluminum and magnesium. A mixture, a metal compound, or an alloy containing any one or more of the metals may be used as the second conductive film and the third conductive film. Further, a heat-resistant conductive material such as an alloy containing titanium, tantalum, tungsten, molybdenum, chromium, neodymium, or scandium or an alloy containing one or more of the above elements as a component, The second conductive film, and the third conductive film.

In addition, since titanium in the metal having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film has electronegativity lower than hydrogen, impurities such as moisture or hydrogen can be easily extracted from the oxide semiconductor film. Therefore, by using titanium for the first conductive film, the fourth conductive film, and the fifth conductive film, impurities in the oxide semiconductor film can be further reduced, and a source electrode or a drain electrode having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film Can be formed.

In addition to the above structure, the second conductive film, the third conductive film, or the fourth conductive film may be subjected to a heat treatment in an atmosphere of reduced pressure under an inert gas atmosphere in a state in which the second conductive film, the third conductive film, Moisture or oxygen adsorbed on the surface or inside of the fourth conductive film may be removed. The temperature range of the heat treatment is 200 占 폚 to 450 占 폚. By performing the heat treatment, impurities such as water or hydrogen existing in the oxide semiconductor film, in the gate insulating film, or at the interface between the oxide semiconductor film and the other insulating film and in the vicinity thereof are exposed to the second conductive film, It can be easily absorbed or adsorbed by the conductive film.

After forming the source electrode and the drain electrode, a single-layer insulating film or a plurality of stacked insulating films may be formed so as to cover the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the oxide semiconductor film. It is preferable to use a material having high barrier properties for the insulating film. For example, as the insulating film having a high barrier property, a silicon nitride film, a silicon nitride oxide film, an aluminum nitride film, an aluminum nitride oxide film, or the like can be used. When a plurality of stacked insulating films are used, an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film, a silicon oxynitride film, or the like having a low nitrogen ratio is formed closer to the oxide semiconductor film than the insulating film having a high barrier property. An insulating film having a barrier property is formed so as to overlap the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the oxide semiconductor film with an insulating film having a low nitrogen ratio interposed therebetween. By using an insulating film having barrier properties, it is possible to prevent oxygen from being adsorbed on the surface or inside of the conductive film. It is also possible to prevent impurities such as moisture or hydrogen from entering the oxide semiconductor film, the gate insulating film, or the interface between the oxide semiconductor film and another insulating film and its vicinity.

A gate insulating film having a structure in which an insulating film using a material having a high barrier property and an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film having a low nitrogen content are stacked is formed between the gate electrode and the oxide semiconductor film It is possible. An insulating film such as a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film is formed between the insulating film having barrier properties and the oxide semiconductor film. Impurities in the atmosphere such as water or hydrogen or impurities such as alkali metals and heavy metals contained in the substrate are prevented from being contained in the oxide semiconductor film and in the gate insulating film or between the oxide semiconductor film and another insulating film It can be prevented from entering the vicinity thereof.

Furthermore, in order to reduce water or impurities such as hydrogen in the oxide semiconductor film, after the oxide semiconductor film is formed, heat treatment is performed in an inert gas atmosphere of nitrogen or a rare gas (such as argon or helium) in a state in which the oxide semiconductor film is exposed do. The temperature range of the heat treatment is preferably 500 ° C or more and 750 ° C or less (or a temperature lower than the strain point of the glass substrate). It should be noted that this heat treatment does not exceed the heat resistant temperature of the substrate to be used.

The oxide semiconductor may be an In-Sn-Zn-O-based oxide semiconductor which is a quaternary metal oxide, an In-Ga-Zn-O-based oxide semiconductor which is a ternary metal oxide, Al-Zn-O-based oxide semiconductors, Sn-Al-Zn-O-based oxide semiconductors, Al-Zn-O-based oxide semiconductors, Mg-O based oxide semiconductor, Sn-Zn-O based oxide semiconductor, Sn-Zn-O based oxide semiconductor, Al-Zn-O based oxide semiconductor, O-based oxide semiconductors, In-O-based oxide semiconductors, Sn-O-based oxide semiconductors, and Zn-O-based oxide semiconductors. In the present specification, for example, the In-Sn-Ga-Zn-O-based oxide semiconductor means a metal oxide having indium (In), tin (Sn), gallium (Ga) , And the composition ratio does not particularly concern. Further, the oxide semiconductor may contain silicon.

Alternatively, the oxide semiconductor may be represented by the formula _{InMO 3 (ZnO) m (m} > 0). Here, M represents one or a plurality of metal elements selected from Ga, Al, Mn and Co.

In addition, impurities such as moisture are removed from the oxide semiconductor film by the heat treatment, so that the carrier concentration becomes high and the resistance becomes low. Thereafter, when an insulating film such as silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride is formed so as to contact the low resistance oxide semiconductor film, oxygen is supplied to at least a region in contact with the insulating film of the low resistance oxide semiconductor film, (preferably less than 1 × 10 ¹⁸ / ㎤, more preferably from 1 × 10 ¹⁴ / ㎤ or less), the high resistance is screen. As described above, since the carrier concentration and resistance of the oxide semiconductor film can be controlled by formation of an insulating film such as silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride in the process of the semiconductor device, a semiconductor device having a thin film transistor having good electric characteristics and high reliability It is possible to produce and provide the information.

In addition, the transistor may be a bottom gate type, a top gate type, or a bottom contact type. The bottom-gate type transistor includes a gate electrode on an insulating surface, a gate insulating film on the gate electrode, an oxide semiconductor film overlying the gate electrode on the gate insulating film, a source electrode and a drain electrode on the oxide semiconductor film, And an insulating film on the semiconductor film. The top gate type transistor includes an oxide semiconductor film on an insulating surface, a gate insulating film on the oxide semiconductor film, a gate electrode overlapping the oxide semiconductor film on the gate insulating film and serving also as a conductive film, a drain electrode, And an insulating film on the oxide semiconductor film. The bottom contact type transistor includes a gate electrode on the insulating surface, a gate insulating film on the gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode on the gate insulating film, an oxide semiconductor film overlying the gate electrode over the gate insulating film, , A source electrode, a drain electrode, and an insulating film on the oxide semiconductor film.

The heat treatment uses a heat treatment in a furnace or a rapid thermal annealing method (RTA method). The RTA method includes a method using a lamp light source and a method of performing a heat treatment for a short time by moving a substrate in a heated gas. Using the RTA method, the time required for heat treatment can be shorter than 0.1 hour. However, when using a glass substrate as a board | substrate, it is set as heat processing of the temperature below 300 degreeC and the distortion point of a glass substrate.

The manufacturing method of a highly reliable semiconductor device can be provided. Moreover, the manufacturing method of the semiconductor device which can drive at high speed can be provided. In addition, a highly reliable semiconductor device can be provided. Further, a semiconductor device capable of high speed driving can be provided.

1 (A) to 1 (E) illustrate a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device.
2 is a top view of a thin film transistor.
3 (A) and 3 (B) are a sectional view and a top view of the thin film transistor.
4 (A) to 4 (D) are diagrams showing a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device.
5 (A) to 5 (D) illustrate a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device.
6 (A) to 6 (D) are diagrams showing a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device.
7 (A) to 7 (E) are sectional views of a thin film transistor.
8 is a top view of the thin film transistor.
9 (A) and 9 (B) are a sectional view and a top view of the thin film transistor.
10 (A) to 10 (E) are sectional views of the thin film transistor.
11 is a top view of a thin film transistor.
12 (A) to 12 (C) are cross-sectional views showing a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device.
13A and 13B are cross-sectional views showing a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device.
14 (A) and 14 (B) are cross-sectional views showing a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device.
15 is a top view showing a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device.
16 is a top view showing a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device.
17 is a top view showing a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device.
Fig. 18 (A) is a top view of the electronic paper and Fig. 18 (B) is a sectional view of the electronic paper.
19 (A) and 19 (B) are block diagrams of a semiconductor display device.
Fig. 20A is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the signal line driver circuit, and Fig. 20B is a timing chart.
21 (A) and 21 (B) are circuit diagrams showing the configuration of a shift register.
22 is a timing chart for explaining the operation of the shift register.
23 is a sectional view of the liquid crystal display device.
24 is a diagram showing a configuration of a module of a liquid crystal display device.
25 (A) to 25 (C) are sectional views of a light emitting device.
26A to 26E are diagrams of electronic devices using a semiconductor device.
27 is a longitudinal sectional view of a reverse stagger type thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor.
Fig. 28 (A) and Fig. 28 (B) are energy band diagrams (schematic diagrams) on the AA 'cross section shown in Fig.
29A shows a state in which a positive potential (+ VG) is applied to the gate G1 and FIG. 29B shows a state in which a negative potential (-VG) is applied to the gate G1 to be.
30 is a diagram showing the relationship between the vacuum level and the work function? M of the metal and the electron affinity (?) Of the oxide semiconductor.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the following description, and it will be easily understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications may be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the present invention is not construed as being limited to the description of the embodiments described below.

In addition, the present invention can be used for manufacturing all semiconductor devices such as an integrated circuit such as a microprocessor and an image processing circuit, an RF tag, and a semiconductor display device. A semiconductor device means a whole device that can function by utilizing semiconductor characteristics, and a semiconductor display device, a semiconductor circuit, and an electronic device are all semiconductor devices. Semiconductor display devices include liquid crystal display devices, light emitting devices including organic light emitting devices (OLED), light emitting devices having respective pixels, electronic paper, digital micromirror devices (DMD), plasma display panels (PDP) ), And other semiconductor display devices having circuit elements using a semiconductor film in a driver circuit are included in the category.

(Embodiment 1)

A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device is described with reference to a bottom gate type thin film transistor having a channel etch structure by using FIGS. 1 (A) to 1 (E), 2, 3 (A) do.

As shown in Fig. 1 (A), a gate electrode 101 is formed on a substrate 100.

An insulating film serving as a base film may be formed between the substrate 100 and the gate electrode 101. [ As the base film, any one of a silicon oxide film, a silicon oxynitride film, a silicon nitride film, a silicon nitride oxide film, an aluminum nitride film, or an aluminum nitride oxide film can be used as a single layer or a plurality of layers can be laminated . In particular, by using an insulating film having a high barrier property, such as a silicon nitride film, a silicon nitride oxide film, an aluminum nitride film, or an aluminum nitride oxide film, on the underlying film, impurities in the atmosphere such as moisture or hydrogen, It is possible to prevent impurities such as alkali metals and heavy metals contained in the oxide semiconductor film from entering the oxide semiconductor film, the gate insulating film, or the interface between the oxide semiconductor film and another insulating film and its vicinity.

In the present specification, the term "oxynitride" refers to a material having a composition containing oxygen in an amount larger than that of nitrogen, and the term "nitrided oxide" means a material having a nitrogen content higher than that of oxygen.

The material of the gate electrode 101 may be a conductive film using a metal material such as molybdenum, titanium, chromium, tantalum, tungsten, neodymium, or scandium, an alloy material containing these metal materials as a main component, . Further, as long as it can withstand the temperature of the heat treatment performed in the subsequent steps, aluminum or copper may be used as the metal material. Aluminum or copper is preferably used in combination with a refractory metal material in order to avoid problems of heat resistance and corrosion resistance. As the refractory metal material, molybdenum, titanium, chromium, tantalum, tungsten, neodymium, scandium and the like can be used.

For example, as the gate electrode 101 having a two-layered laminated structure, a two-layer structure in which a molybdenum film is laminated on an aluminum film, a two-layer structure in which a molybdenum film is laminated on a copper film, Or a two-layer structure in which a tantalum nitride film is laminated, or a two-layer structure in which a titanium nitride film and a molybdenum film are laminated. As the gate electrode 101 having a three-layered laminated structure, an aluminum film, an alloy film of aluminum and silicon, an alloy film of aluminum and titanium or an alloy film of aluminum and neodymium is used as an intermediate layer and a tungsten film, a tungsten nitride film, Film or a titanium film is laminated as upper and lower layers.

An oxide conductive film having translucency such as indium oxide, indium oxide-tin oxide alloy, indium oxide-zinc oxide alloy, zinc oxide, aluminum zinc oxide, aluminum oxynitride aluminum or zinc gallium oxide is deposited on the gate electrode 101 101, it is possible to improve the aperture ratio of the pixel portion.

The film thickness of the gate electrode 101 is 10 nm to 400 nm, preferably 100 nm to 200 nm. In this embodiment, a conductive film for a gate electrode of 150 nm is formed by a sputtering method using a tungsten target, and then the conductive film is processed (patterned) into a desired shape by etching to form the gate electrode 101.

Then, a gate insulating film 102 is formed on the gate electrode 101. Next, The gate insulating film 102 can be formed by a plasma CVD method, a sputtering method, or the like, or a single layer or stacked layers of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, a silicon oxynitride film, a silicon nitride oxide film, aluminum oxide or tantalum oxide. It is preferable that the gate insulating film 102 does not contain impurities such as moisture or hydrogen as much as possible. A gate insulating film 102 having a structure in which an insulating film using a material having a high barrier property and an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film having a low nitrogen content is laminated. In this case, an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film is formed between the insulating film having barrier properties and the oxide semiconductor film. As the insulating film having a high barrier property, for example, a silicon nitride film, a silicon nitride oxide film, an aluminum nitride film, or an aluminum nitride oxide film can be given. Impurities in the atmosphere such as moisture or hydrogen or impurities such as alkali metals and heavy metals contained in the substrate can be prevented from diffusing in the gate insulating film 102 or between the oxide semiconductor film and the other insulating film And it can be prevented from entering the interface and its vicinity. Further, by forming an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film, a silicon oxynitride film, or the like having a low nitrogen ratio so as to contact with the oxide semiconductor film, it is possible to prevent the insulating film using a material having a high barrier property from directly contacting the oxide semiconductor film.

In the present embodiment, a gate insulating film 102 having a structure in which a 100 nm-thickness silicon oxide film formed by a sputtering method is laminated on a silicon nitride film having a thickness of 50 nm formed by a sputtering method is formed.

Then, an oxide semiconductor film is formed on the gate insulating film 102. [ The oxide semiconductor film is formed by sputtering using an oxide semiconductor as a target. The oxide semiconductor film can be formed by a sputtering method under an atmosphere of an inert gas (for example, argon) or an atmosphere of rare gas (for example, argon) and an oxygen atmosphere.

Before the oxide semiconductor film is formed by the sputtering method, it is preferable to perform reverse sputtering in which argon gas is introduced to generate plasma to remove dust adhering to the surface of the gate insulating film 102. An inverse sputter is a method in which a voltage is applied to a substrate side in an argon atmosphere without applying a voltage to a target side, and a plasma is formed on the substrate to modify the surface. In place of the argon atmosphere, nitrogen, helium, or the like may also be used. It may also be performed in an atmosphere in which oxygen, hydrogen, nitrous oxide or the like is added to an argon atmosphere. It may also be carried out in an atmosphere in which chlorine, carbon tetrafluoride or the like is added to an argon atmosphere.

The above-described oxide semiconductor can be used for the oxide semiconductor film.

The thickness of the oxide semiconductor film is set to 10 nm to 300 nm, preferably 20 nm to 100 nm. In this embodiment, as the oxide semiconductor film In (indium), Ga (gallium), and an oxide semiconductor target (mole ratio of In ₂ O containing Zn _{(zinc) 3: Ga 2 O 3:} ZnO = 1: 1: 1, In _{2 O 3: Ga 2 O 3} : ZnO = 1: 1: 2) film is used for in-Ga-ZnO based oxide semiconductor having a thickness of 30㎚ obtained by a sputtering method using a. In the present embodiment, the DC sputtering method is used, the flow rate of argon is 30 sccm, the flow rate of oxygen is 15 sccm, and the substrate temperature is room temperature.

The gate insulating film 102 and the oxide semiconductor film may be continuously formed without contacting the atmosphere. Since the interface is formed by continuous film formation without being brought into contact with the atmosphere, the respective laminated interfaces can be formed without being contaminated with atmospheric components such as water and hydrocarbons and impurity elements floating in the atmosphere, .

1 (A), the oxide semiconductor film is processed (patterned) into a desired shape by etching or the like to form an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 102 on the gate insulating film 102 at a position overlapping with the gate electrode 101, Thereby forming a film 103.

Then, the oxide semiconductor film 103 may be subjected to heat treatment under an inert gas atmosphere (nitrogen, helium, neon, argon, or the like). The oxide semiconductor film 103 is subjected to heat treatment to form an oxide semiconductor film 104 in which water and hydrogen have been desorbed. Concretely, when the water content in the case of measurement under an oxygen gas atmosphere or an ultradury air (CRDS (Cavity Ring Down Laser Spectroscopy) system) under an inert gas atmosphere such as nitrogen or noble gas in a reduced pressure atmosphere is 20 ppm (Or a temperature not higher than the distortion point of the glass substrate) at a temperature of not less than 500 ° C and not more than 750 ° C for not less than 1 minute and not more than 10 minutes in an air atmosphere of not more than 1 ppm (in terms of dew point), preferably not more than 1 ppm, Preferably 600 占 폚 for 3 minutes or more and 6 minutes or less, by RTA (Rapid Thermal Anneal) treatment. By using the RTA method, dehydration or dehydrogenation can be performed in a short time, so that it can be treated even at a temperature exceeding the distortion point of the glass substrate. The heat treatment is not limited to the timing after the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 103 is formed, and may be performed on the oxide semiconductor film before the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 103 is formed. The heat treatment may be performed several times after the oxide semiconductor film 104 is formed. Since the impurity such as moisture and hydrogen is desorbed from the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 104 by the above-described heat treatment and becomes infinitely close to the i-type (intrinsic semiconductor) or i-type, the threshold voltage shifts The deterioration of the characteristics of the transistor of the transistor is prevented from being promoted, and the off current can be reduced.

In the present embodiment, the heat treatment is performed for 6 minutes in a nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature of 600 占 폚 and the substrate temperature has reached the set temperature. As the heat treatment, a heating method using an electric furnace, an instant heating method such as a gas rapid thermal annealing (GRTA) method using a heated substrate or a lamp rapid thermal annealing (LRTA) method using a lamp light can be used. For example, when the heating process is carried out using an electric furnace, it is preferable to set the temperature raising characteristic at 0.1 ° C / min or more to 20 ° C / min or less, and the temperature down characteristic to 0.1 ° C / min or more and 15 ° C / min or less.

In the heat treatment, it is preferable that the rare gas such as nitrogen or helium, neon, or argon does not contain water, hydrogen or the like. Nitrogen, or rare gas such as helium, neon, argon, or the like introduced into the heat treatment apparatus to a purity of 6N (99.9999%) or more, preferably 7N (99.99999%) or more (i.e., an impurity concentration of 1 ppm or less, ppm or less).

Then, as shown in Fig. 1 (C), a conductive film for the source electrode drain electrode is formed on the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 104. Then, as shown in Fig. The conductive film 105a using a metal material such as titanium, tungsten, or molybdenum having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film 104 is formed on the conductive film 105a using a metal having a low electronegativity, 105b.

Aluminum and magnesium may also be used as metals with low electronegativity. A mixture, a metal compound, or an alloy containing any one or more of the above metals may be used as the conductive film 105b. When a material having low heat resistance such as aluminum is used, an alloy containing aluminum, titanium, tantalum, tungsten, molybdenum, chromium, neodymium, and scandium as an element or one or more of the above elements, Heat resistance of the conductive film 105b may be enhanced by combining a heat resistant conductive material such as nitride contained as a component.

The film thickness of the conductive film 105a is preferably 10 nm to 200 nm, and more preferably 50 nm to 150 nm. The film thickness of the conductive film 105b is preferably 100 nm to 300 nm, and more preferably 150 nm to 250 nm. In this embodiment mode, a titanium film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 105a, and an aluminum film having a film thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 105b.

A metal compound or an alloy having a low electronegativity is used as the conductive film 105b in the oxide semiconductor film 104 and the gate insulating film 102 or the oxide semiconductor film 104 And other impurities such as moisture or hydrogen existing in the vicinity thereof are occluded or adsorbed in the conductive film 105b. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an oxide semiconductor film 104 which is infinitely close to i-type (intrinsic semiconductor) or i-type by elimination of impurities such as moisture and hydrogen, and the threshold voltage shifts by the impurity Deterioration of characteristics is prevented from being promoted, and the off current can be reduced.

In addition to the above structure, a heat treatment is performed under an inert gas atmosphere of nitrogen or a rare gas (argon, helium, or the like) under a reduced pressure atmosphere in a state in which the conductive film 105b is exposed, Moisture or oxygen adsorbed on the surface or the inside may be removed. The temperature range of the heat treatment is 200 占 폚 to 450 占 폚. Impurities such as moisture and hydrogen present in the oxide semiconductor film 104, in the gate insulating film 102 or at the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 104 and another insulating film and in the vicinity thereof, 105b.

Then, as shown in Fig. 1D, the source electrode 106 and the drain electrode 107 are formed by processing (patterning) the conductive film 105a and the conductive film 105b into a desired shape by etching or the like . For example, when a titanium film is used for the conductive film 105a and an aluminum film is used for the conductive film 105b, the conductive film 105b is wet-etched using a solution containing phosphoric acid, and then, The conductive film 105a can be wet-etched using a solution (ammonia and water). Specifically, in this embodiment, as a solution containing phosphoric acid, a mixed acid solution (an aqueous solution containing 2.0 wt% of nitric acid, 9.8 wt% of acetic acid, and 72.3 wt% of phosphoric acid) produced by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. . Specifically, the aqueous ammonia and water are prepared by mixing 31% by weight of hydrogen peroxide, 28% by weight of ammonia water and water in a volume ratio of 5: 2: 2. Alternatively, the conductive film 105a and the conductive film 105b may be dry-etched using a gas containing chlorine (Cl ₂ ), boron chloride (BCl ₃ ), or the like.

When the source electrode 106 and the drain electrode 107 are formed by the patterning, the exposed portion of the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 104 is partially etched to form a trench (recess). In this embodiment, a case is described in which an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 108 having a trench (recess) is formed by the above etching. The conductive film 105a used as a part of the source electrode 106 and the drain electrode 107 is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film 108. [ The source electrode 106 and the drain electrode 107 and the oxide semiconductor film 108 are made of a metal material having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film 108 as described above, The contact resistance is reduced. Therefore, the ON current and the field effect mobility of the TFT can be increased.

1E, the source electrode 106 and the drain electrode 107 are formed so as to cover the source electrode 106, the drain electrode 107, and the oxide semiconductor film 108, as shown in Fig. 1 (E) An insulating film 109 is formed. It is preferable that the insulating film 109 does not contain impurities such as moisture or hydrogen as much as possible, and may be a single-layer insulating film or a plurality of stacked insulating films. It is preferable to use a material having high barrier properties for the insulating film 109. For example, as the insulating film having a high barrier property, a silicon nitride film, a silicon nitride oxide film, an aluminum nitride film, an aluminum nitride oxide film, or the like can be used. When a plurality of stacked insulating films are used, an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film having a low nitrogen ratio is formed closer to the oxide semiconductor film 108 than the insulating film having a high barrier property. An insulating film having a barrier property is formed so as to overlap the source electrode 106, the drain electrode 107 and the oxide semiconductor film 108 with an insulating film having a low nitrogen ratio interposed therebetween. By using an insulating film having a barrier property, it is possible to prevent moisture or oxygen from being adsorbed on the surface or the inside of the source electrode 106 and the drain electrode 107. It is also possible to prevent impurities such as moisture or hydrogen from entering the oxide semiconductor film 108, the gate insulating film 102, or the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 108 and another insulating film and its vicinity. It is also possible to form an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film having a low nitrogen ratio so as to contact the oxide semiconductor film 108 so that the insulating film using a material having a high barrier property is directly in contact with the oxide semiconductor film 108 .

In this embodiment mode, an insulating film 109 having a structure in which a silicon nitride film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is laminated on a silicon oxide film having a thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is formed. The substrate temperature at the time of film formation may be from room temperature to 300 캜 or less, and in this embodiment, it is set at 100 캜.

The exposed region of the oxide semiconductor film 108 provided between the source electrode 106 or the drain electrode 107 and the silicon oxide constituting the insulating film 109 are provided in contact with each other to form the insulating film 109 of the oxide semiconductor film 108 (The carrier concentration is lowered, preferably less than 1 x 10 < ¹⁸ > / cm < 3 >) to form the oxide semiconductor film 108 having the channel formation region of high resistance .

In addition, after the insulating film 109 is formed, a heat treatment may be performed. The heat treatment is carried out in an atmosphere of oxygen gas under an atmosphere of an inert gas such as nitrogen or noble gas in an atmosphere atmosphere under a reduced pressure atmosphere or in a case of measurement using a dew point system of a CRDS (cavity ring down laser spectroscopy) Preferably not less than 200 ° C and not more than 400 ° C, for example, not less than 250 ° C and not more than 350 ° C in an atmosphere having a moisture content of not more than 20 ppm (-55 ° C in terms of dew point), preferably not more than 1 ppm and preferably not more than 10 ppb . In the present embodiment, for example, heat treatment is performed at 250 DEG C for 1 hour in a nitrogen atmosphere. Alternatively, prior to the formation of the conductive film 105a and the conductive film 105b, a RTA process at a high temperature for a short period of time may be performed similarly to the preceding heat treatment performed on the oxide semiconductor film. When the heat treatment is performed, the oxide semiconductor film 108 is heated in contact with the silicon oxide constituting the insulating film 109, and further the resistance of the oxide semiconductor film 108 is increased to improve the electrical characteristics of the transistor and It is possible to reduce the deviation of the electric characteristics. The timing for performing this heat treatment is not particularly limited as far as it is after the formation of the insulating film 109 and may be combined with other processes such as heat treatment for forming a resin film and heat treatment for lowering the resistance of the transparent conductive film, It can be carried out without increasing the number of processes.

Fig. 2 shows a top view of the semiconductor device shown in Fig. 1 (E). Fig. 1 (E) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along the broken line A1-A2 in Fig.

The transistor 110 includes a gate electrode 101, a gate insulating film 102 on the gate electrode 101, an oxide semiconductor film 108 on the gate insulating film 102, and a source electrode 106 And a drain electrode 107 and an insulating film 109 on the source electrode 106, the drain electrode 107 and the oxide semiconductor film 108. [

Subsequently, a conductive film is formed on the insulating film 109, and then the conductive film is patterned to form the back gate electrode 111 at a position overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film 108 as shown in Fig. 3 (A) have. The back gate electrode 111 can be formed using the same material and structure as the gate electrode 101 or the source electrode 106 and the drain electrode 107. [

The thickness of the back gate electrode 111 is 10 nm to 400 nm, preferably 100 nm to 200 nm. In the present embodiment, a conductive film having a structure in which a titanium film, an aluminum film, and a titanium film are laminated is formed. Then, a resist mask is formed by photolithography, unnecessary portions are removed by etching, and the conductive film is processed (patterned) into a desired shape to form the back gate electrode 111.

Subsequently, as shown in Fig. 3 (B), an insulating film 112 is formed so as to cover the back gate electrode 111. Then, as shown in Fig. It is preferable that the insulating film 112 be made of a material having high barrier property that can prevent moisture, hydrogen, etc. in the atmosphere from affecting the characteristics of the transistor 110. [ For example, a silicon nitride film, a silicon nitride oxide film, an aluminum nitride film, an aluminum nitride oxide film, or the like can be formed by a plasma CVD method, a sputtering method, or the like as a single layer or lamination as an insulating film having a high barrier property. In order to obtain the effect of barrier property, the insulating film 112 is preferably formed to have a thickness of, for example, 15 nm to 400 nm.

In this embodiment mode, an insulating film of 300 nm is formed by plasma CVD. The film forming conditions were a silane gas flow rate of 4 sccm, a dinitrogen monoxide (N ₂ O) flow rate of 800 sccm, and a substrate temperature of 400 캜.

Fig. 3 (C) is a top view of the semiconductor device shown in Fig. 3 (B). Fig. 3B corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along the broken line A1-A2 in Fig. 3C.

3B illustrates a case where the back gate electrode 111 covers the entire oxide semiconductor film 108. However, the present invention is not limited to this structure. The back gate electrode 111 may be at least overlapped with a part of the channel forming region of the oxide semiconductor film 108.

The back gate electrode 111 may be a floating state in which it is electrically insulated or a state in which a potential is applied. In the latter case, a potential having the same height as that of the gate electrode 101 may be applied to the back gate electrode 111, or a fixed potential such as a ground may be applied. By controlling the height of the potential applied to the back gate electrode 111, the threshold voltage of the transistor 110 can be controlled.

How the impurity such as hydrogen or water contained in the oxide semiconductor film is removed as much as possible to improve the purity of the oxide semiconductor film as in this embodiment will be described below.

27 is a longitudinal sectional view of an inverse stagger type thin film transistor using an oxide semiconductor. An oxide semiconductor film OS is provided on the gate electrode GE with a gate insulating film GI sandwiched therebetween and a source electrode S and a drain electrode D are provided thereon.

Fig. 28 (A) and Fig. 28 (B) show energy band diagrams (schematic diagrams) taken along the line A-A 'shown in Fig. 28 (A) shows the case where the voltage between the source electrode and the drain electrode is set to the equal potential (VD = 0 V), and Fig. 28 (B) shows the case where the positive potential . Fig.

Fig. 29 (A) and Fig. 29 (B) are energy band diagrams (schematic diagrams) in the section of B-B 'in Fig. FIG. 29A shows a state in which a positive potential (+ VG) is applied to the gate GE and a carrier (electron) flows between the source electrode and the drain electrode. 29 (B) shows a state in which a negative potential (-VG) is applied to the gate G1 and in an off state (a minority carrier does not flow).

30 shows the relationship between the vacuum level and the work function? M of the metal and the electron affinity (?) Of the oxide semiconductor.

Since the metal is degenerated, the conduction band and the Fermi level coincide. On the other hand, the conventional oxide semiconductor is generally n-type, and the Fermi level Ef in this case is located near the conduction band Ec away from the intrinsic Fermi level Ei located at the center of the band gap. In addition, in the oxide semiconductor, hydrogen is a donor, and it is known that the oxide semiconductor is one factor of n-type formation.

On the contrary, the oxide semiconductor according to the present invention uses a metal having electronegativity lower than hydrogen for the conductive film for the source electrode or the drain electrode to remove hydrogen as the n-type impurity from the oxide semiconductor so that impurities other than the main component of the oxide semiconductor (I-type) or intrinsic type, by making the oxide semiconductor high purity so as not to be included as much as possible. That is, instead of adding an impurity to form an oxide semiconductor, i-type impurity such as hydrogen or water is removed as much as possible to obtain high purity, thereby obtaining an oxide semiconductor which is as close to i-type (intrinsic semiconductor) or i-type . With the above arrangement, as indicated by an arrow, the Fermi level Ef can be made as close as possible to the same level as the intrinsic Fermi level Ei.

When the band gap Eg of the oxide semiconductor is 3.15 eV, the electron affinity (?) Is known to be 4.3 eV. The work function of titanium (Ti) constituting the source electrode and the drain electrode is substantially equal to the electron affinity (x) of the oxide semiconductor. In this case, no Schottky barrier is formed with respect to electrons in the metal-oxide semiconductor interface.

That is, when the work function? M of the metal and the electron affinity (?) Of the oxide semiconductor are the same, an energy band diagram (a schematic diagram) as shown in FIG.

In Figure 28 (B), the black dot (●) represents electrons. When a positive potential is applied to the drain electrode, electrons are injected into the oxide semiconductor beyond barrier h and flow toward the drain electrode. In this case, the height of the barrier h varies depending on the gate voltage and the drain voltage. However, when the positive drain voltage is applied, the height of the barrier in Fig. 28A without voltage application, The height (h) of the barrier is smaller than 1/2.

At this time, electrons move at the energy-stabilized lowest part of the oxide semiconductor side at the interface between the gate insulating film and the high-purity oxide semiconductor as shown in Fig. 29 (A).

29 (B), when a negative potential (reverse bias) is applied to the gate electrode G1, since the hole serving as a minority carrier is substantially zero, the current becomes infinitely close to zero.

For example, even if the channel width W of the thin film transistor is 1 x 10 ⁴ 탆 and the channel length is 3 탆, the off current is 10 ^-13 A or less, the subthreshold swing (S value) This 0.1 V / dec. (Gate insulating film thickness: 100 nm) is obtained.

Thus, the operation of the thin film transistor can be improved by making the oxide semiconductor film highly pure so that impurities such as water and hydrogen other than the main component of the oxide semiconductor are not contained as much as possible.

(Embodiment 2)

A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device will be described with reference to FIGS. 4A to 4D, taking a bottom gate type thin film transistor having a channel etch structure as an example. FIG.

First, as shown in Fig. 4 (A), titanium, tungsten, or the like having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film 104 is formed on the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 104, A conductive film 105b using a metal, a metal compound, or an alloy having a low electronegativity is formed on the conductive film 105a using a metal material such as molybdenum. The types, structures, and ranges of the film thicknesses of the materials used for the conductive films 105a and 105b are already described in Embodiment 1, and the description thereof is omitted here. In this embodiment mode, a titanium film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 105a, and an aluminum film having a film thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 105b.

After the conductive film 105a and the conductive film 105b are formed, heat treatment is performed in an atmosphere of reduced pressure in an inert gas atmosphere of nitrogen or a rare gas (argon, helium, etc.) in a state in which the conductive film 105b is exposed You may. The temperature range of the heat treatment is set to 200 to 450 캜 in the same manner as in Embodiment 1.

Subsequently, as shown in Fig. 4B, the conductive film 105b is removed by etching or the like. In order to prevent the conductive film 105a from being etched, wet etching is preferably used for the etching. Specifically, in the present embodiment, since the aluminum film is used for the conductive film 105b, a solution containing phosphoric acid, for example, a mixed acid solution (2.0% by weight of nitric acid manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. and 9.8% And an aqueous solution containing 72.3% by weight of phosphoric acid), the conductive film 105b is removed by wet etching. Further, when the conductive film 105b is removed by dry etching, a gas containing chlorine (Cl ₂ ), boron chloride (BCl ₃ ), or the like may be used. However, in the case of dry etching, there is no difference in selection ratio between the conductive film 105a as the titanium film and the conductive film 105b as the aluminum film, so that the time of the dry etching such that the conductive film 105a remains during the etching Can be controlled.

Impurities such as moisture or hydrogen existing in the oxide semiconductor film 104, the gate insulating film 102, or the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 104 and another insulating film and in the vicinity thereof are occluded or adsorbed in the conductive film 105b have. Therefore, by removing the conductive film 105b, it is possible to remove impurities such as moisture or hydrogen which are occluded or adsorbed in the conductive film 105b.

Then, as shown in Fig. 4 (C), a conductive film 105c using a metal, a metal compound or an alloy having a low electronegativity is newly formed on the conductive film 105a. The kind of the material used for the conductive film 105c and the range of the film thickness are the same as those of the conductive film 105b. In the present embodiment, an aluminum film having a film thickness of 200 nm formed by the sputtering method and the conductive film 105c is used.

In one embodiment of the present invention, after the conductive film 105b is removed, a conductive film 105c is newly formed using a metal, a metal compound, or an alloy having a low electronegativity. The conductive film 105c is easier to occlude or adsorb impurities such as moisture or hydrogen than the conductive film 105b in which the impurities are already stored or adsorbed. Therefore, the impurities existing in the oxide semiconductor film 104, the gate insulating film 102, or the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 104 and another insulating film and in the vicinity thereof can be reduced as compared with the case of the first embodiment. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an oxide semiconductor film 104 which is as close to i-type (intrinsic semiconductor) or i-type as possible by removing impurities such as moisture and hydrogen, and the threshold voltage is shifted by the impurity Deterioration of characteristics is prevented from being promoted, and the off current can be reduced.

After the conductive film 105c is formed, the conductive film 105c may be exposed again under a reduced-pressure atmosphere in an atmosphere of inert gas such as nitrogen or a rare gas (argon, helium, etc.). The temperature range of the heat treatment is set to 200 to 450 캜 in the same manner as in Embodiment 1. Impurities such as moisture or hydrogen present in the oxide semiconductor film 104, in the gate insulating film 102, or at the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 104 and another insulating film and in the vicinity thereof, 105c so as to be easily absorbed or adsorbed.

Then, as shown in Fig. 4D, the source electrode 126 and the drain electrode 127 are formed by patterning (patterning) the conductive film 105a and the conductive film 105c into a desired shape by etching or the like . For example, when a titanium film is used for the conductive film 105a and an aluminum film is used for the conductive film 105c, the conductive film 105c is wet-etched using a solution containing phosphoric acid, and then, The conductive film 105a can be wet-etched using a solution (ammonia and water). Specifically, in this embodiment, as a solution containing phosphoric acid, a mixed acid solution (an aqueous solution containing 2.0 wt% of nitric acid, 9.8 wt% of acetic acid, and 72.3 wt% of phosphoric acid) produced by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. . Specifically, the aqueous ammonia and water are prepared by mixing 31% by weight of hydrogen peroxide, 28% by weight of ammonia water and water in a volume ratio of 5: 2: 2. Alternatively, the conductive film 105a and the conductive film 105c may be dry-etched using a gas including chlorine (Cl ₂ ), boron chloride (BCl ₃ ), and the like.

When the source electrode 126 and the drain electrode 127 are formed by the patterning, the exposed portion of the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 104 may be partly etched to form a trench (recess). In this embodiment, a case is described in which an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 128 having a trench (recess) is formed by the above etching. The conductive film 105a used as a part of the source electrode 126 and the drain electrode 127 is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film 128. [ The source electrode 126 and the drain electrode 127 and the oxide semiconductor film 128 are made of a metal material having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film 128 as described above in the conductive film 105a, The contact resistance between the electrode and the electrode is reduced. Therefore, the ON current and the field effect mobility of the TFT can be increased.

After the source electrode 126 and the drain electrode 127 are formed, an insulating film 129 is formed to cover the source electrode 126, the drain electrode 127, and the oxide semiconductor film 128. The kind, structure, and film thickness range of the material used for the insulating film 129 are the same as those of the insulating film 109 described in the first embodiment. In this embodiment mode, an insulating film 129 having a structure in which a silicon nitride film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is laminated on a silicon oxide film having a thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is formed. The substrate temperature at the time of film formation may be from room temperature to 300 캜 or less, and in this embodiment, it is set at 100 캜.

The exposed region of the oxide semiconductor film 128 provided between the source electrode 126 or the drain electrode 127 and the oxide silicon constituting the insulating film 129 are in contact with each other, The oxide semiconductor film 128 having a channel formation region with a high resistance can be formed in a region where the resistance is high (the carrier concentration is low, preferably, less than 1 x 10 ¹⁸ / cm 3).

After the insulating film 129 is formed, heat treatment may be performed. Regarding the conditions of the heat treatment, the condition of the heat treatment performed after the insulating film 109 is formed in Embodiment 1 may be referred to.

The thin film transistor 120 formed in accordance with the above manufacturing method includes a gate electrode 101, a gate insulating film 102 on the gate electrode 101, an oxide semiconductor film 128 on the gate insulating film 102, A source electrode 126 and a drain electrode 127 on the source and drain electrodes 128 and 128 and an insulating film 129 on the source and drain electrodes 126 and 127 and the oxide semiconductor film 128.

Next, a back gate electrode may be formed at a position overlapping the oxide semiconductor film 128 by forming a conductive film on the insulating film 129 and then patterning the conductive film. The type, structure, and range of the thickness of the material used for the back gate electrode are the same as those of the back gate electrode 111 described in Embodiment 1, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

When the back gate electrode is formed, an insulating film is formed so as to cover the back gate electrode. The kind, structure, and range of the film thickness of the material used for the insulating film covering the back gate electrode are the same as those of the insulating film 112 described in Embodiment Mode 1, and the description thereof is omitted here.

The present embodiment can be implemented in appropriate combination with the above embodiment.

(Embodiment 3)

A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5D, taking an example of a bottom gate type thin film transistor having a channel etch structure. FIG.

First, as shown in Fig. 5 (A), the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 104 is formed on the oxide semiconductor film 104 with titanium, tungsten or molybdenum having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film 104, A conductive film 105b made of a metal, a metal compound or an alloy having a low electronegativity is formed on the conductive film 105a using a metal material such as a metal film. The types, structures, and ranges of the film thicknesses of the materials used for the conductive films 105a and 105b are already described in Embodiment 1, and the description thereof is omitted here. In this embodiment mode, a titanium film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 105a, and an aluminum film having a film thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 105b.

After the conductive film 105a and the conductive film 105b are formed, heat treatment is performed in an atmosphere of reduced pressure in an inert gas atmosphere of nitrogen or a rare gas (argon, helium, etc.) in a state in which the conductive film 105b is exposed You may. The temperature range of the heat treatment is set to 200 to 450 캜 in the same manner as in Embodiment 1.

Subsequently, as shown in Fig. 5B, the conductive film 105b is removed by etching or the like. As the etching, it is preferable to use wet etching in order to prevent the conductive film 105a from being etched. Specifically, in the present embodiment, since the aluminum film is used for the conductive film 105b, a solution containing phosphoric acid, for example, a mixed acid solution (2.0% by weight of nitric acid manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. and 9.8% And an aqueous solution containing 72.3% by weight of phosphoric acid), the conductive film 105b is removed by wet etching. When the conductive film 105b is removed by dry etching, a gas containing chlorine (Cl ₂ ), boron chloride (BCl ₃ ), or the like may be used. However, in the case of dry etching, there is no difference in selection ratio between the conductive film 105a as the titanium film and the conductive film 105b as the aluminum film, so that the time of the dry etching such that the conductive film 105a remains during the etching Can be controlled.

Impurities such as moisture or hydrogen existing in the oxide semiconductor film 104, the gate insulating film 102, the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 104 and another insulating film and in the vicinity thereof, are stored in the conductive film 105b, . Therefore, by removing the conductive film 105b, it is possible to remove impurities such as moisture or hydrogen which are occluded or adsorbed in the conductive film 105b.

Next, as shown in Fig. 5C, a conductive film 105c using a metal, a metal compound, or an alloy having a low electronegativity and a conductive film 105c which can prevent oxidation of the conductive film 105c are formed on the conductive film 105a A conductive film 105d using a metal material such as titanium, tungsten, or molybdenum is newly formed. The kind of the material used for the conductive film 105c and the range of the film thickness are the same as those of the conductive film 105b. The film thickness of the conductive film 105d is preferably 10 nm to 200 nm, and more preferably 50 nm to 150 nm. In this embodiment mode, an aluminum film having a film thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 105c, and a titanium film having a film thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 105d.

In one embodiment of the present invention, after the conductive film 105b is removed, a conductive film 105c is newly formed using a metal, a metal compound, or an alloy having a low electronegativity. The conductive film 105c is easier to occlude or adsorb impurities such as moisture or hydrogen than the conductive film 105b in which the impurities are already stored or adsorbed. Therefore, the impurities existing in the oxide semiconductor film 104, the gate insulating film 102, or the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 104 and another insulating film and in the vicinity thereof can be reduced as compared with the case of the first embodiment. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an oxide semiconductor film 104 which is infinitely close to i-type (intrinsic semiconductor) or i-type by elimination of impurities such as moisture and hydrogen, and the threshold voltage shifts by the impurity Deterioration of characteristics is prevented from being promoted, and the off current can be reduced.

After the formation of the conductive film 105d, the conductive film 105d may be exposed to heat treatment again under a reduced-pressure atmosphere in an atmosphere of inert gas such as nitrogen or a rare gas (argon, helium, etc.). The temperature range of the heat treatment is set to 200 to 450 캜 in the same manner as in Embodiment 1. Impurities such as moisture or hydrogen present in the oxide semiconductor film 104, in the gate insulating film 102, or at the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 104 and another insulating film and in the vicinity thereof, 105c so as to be easily absorbed or adsorbed.

5D, the conductive film 105a, the conductive film 105c, and the conductive film 105d are processed (patterned) into a desired shape by etching or the like to form the source electrode 136, (137). For example, when a titanium film is used for the conductive film 105a, an aluminum film is used for the conductive film 105c, and a titanium film is used for the conductive film 105d, a solution containing ammonia and hydrogen peroxide (ammonia and water) The conductive film 105c is wet-etched by using a solution containing phosphoric acid and then the conductive film 105c is etched by using a solution (ammonia and water) containing ammonia and hydrogen peroxide solution 105a can be wet-etched. Specifically, in this embodiment, as a solution containing phosphoric acid, a mixed acid solution (an aqueous solution containing 2.0 wt% of nitric acid, 9.8 wt% of acetic acid, and 72.3 wt% of phosphoric acid) produced by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. . Specifically, the aqueous ammonia and water are prepared by mixing 31% by weight of hydrogen peroxide, 28% by weight of ammonia water and water in a volume ratio of 5: 2: 2. Alternatively, the conductive film 105a, the conductive film 105c, and the conductive film 105d may be dry-etched using a gas containing chlorine (Cl ₂ ), boron chloride (BCl ₃ ), or the like.

When the source electrode 136 and the drain electrode 137 are formed by the patterning, the exposed portion of the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 104 is partially etched to form a trench (recess). In this embodiment, a case where an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 138 having a trench (recess) is formed by the above etching is illustrated. The conductive film 105a used as a part of the source electrode 136 and the drain electrode 137 is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film 138. [ Since the conductive film 105a is made of a metal material having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film as described above, the source electrode 136, the drain electrode 137, and the oxide semiconductor film 138 Is reduced. Therefore, the ON current and the field effect mobility of the TFT can be increased.

After the source electrode 136 and the drain electrode 137 are formed, an insulating film 139 is formed to cover the source electrode 136, the drain electrode 137, and the oxide semiconductor film 138. The kind, structure and thickness of the material used for the insulating film 139 are the same as those of the insulating film 109 described in the first embodiment. In this embodiment mode, an insulating film 139 having a structure in which a silicon nitride film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is laminated on a silicon oxide film having a thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is formed. The substrate temperature at the time of film formation may be room temperature or more and 300 占 폚 or less, and 100 占 폚 in the present embodiment.

Since the exposed region of the oxide semiconductor film 138 provided between the source electrode 136 and the drain electrode 137 is in contact with the silicon oxide constituting the insulating film 139, The oxide semiconductor film 138 having a channel formation region of high resistance is formed (hereinafter referred to as " oxide semiconductor film 138 ") having a high resistivity (carrier concentration is lowered, preferably lower than 1 x 10 ¹⁸ / can do.

After forming the insulating film 139, a heat treatment may be performed. Regarding the conditions of the heat treatment, the condition of the heat treatment performed after the insulating film 109 is formed in Embodiment 1 may be referred to.

The thin film transistor 130 formed according to the above manufacturing method includes a gate electrode 101, a gate insulating film 102 on the gate electrode 101, an oxide semiconductor film 138 on the gate insulating film 102, A source electrode 136 and a drain electrode 137 on the source electrode 138 and an insulating film 139 on the source electrode 136 and the drain electrode 137 and the oxide semiconductor film 138.

Next, a back gate electrode may be formed at a position overlapping the oxide semiconductor film 138 by forming a conductive film on the insulating film 139 and then patterning the conductive film. The type, structure, and range of the thickness of the material used for the back gate electrode are the same as those of the back gate electrode 111 described in Embodiment 1, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

When the back gate electrode is formed, an insulating film is formed so as to cover the back gate electrode. The kind, structure, and range of the film thickness of the material used for the insulating film covering the back gate electrode are the same as those of the insulating film 112 described in Embodiment Mode 1, and the description thereof is omitted here.

The present embodiment can be implemented in appropriate combination with the above embodiment.

(Fourth Embodiment)

A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 (A) to 6 (D), taking a bottom gate type thin film transistor having a channel etch structure as an example.

First, as shown in Fig. 6 (A), on the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 104, titanium, tungsten, or the like having low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film 104 is formed on the island- A conductive film 105b using a metal, a metal compound, or an alloy having a low electronegativity is formed on the conductive film 105a using a metal material such as molybdenum. The kinds, structures, and ranges of the film thicknesses of the materials used for the conductive films 105a and 105b are already described in Embodiment 1, and thus the description thereof is omitted here. In this embodiment mode, a titanium film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 105a, and an aluminum film having a film thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 105b.

After the conductive film 105a and the conductive film 105b are formed, heat treatment is performed in an atmosphere of reduced pressure in an inert gas atmosphere of nitrogen or a rare gas (argon, helium, etc.) while the conductive film 105b is exposed It is possible. The temperature range of the heat treatment is set to 200 to 450 캜 in the same manner as in Embodiment 1.

Subsequently, as shown in Fig. 6B, the conductive film 105b is removed by etching or the like. In order to prevent the conductive film 105a from being etched, wet etching is preferably used for the etching. Specifically, in the present embodiment, since the aluminum film is used for the conductive film 105b, a solution containing phosphoric acid, for example, a mixed acid solution (2.0% by weight of nitric acid manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. and 9.8% And an aqueous solution containing 72.3% by weight of phosphoric acid), the conductive film 105b is removed by wet etching. When the conductive film 105b is removed by dry etching, a gas containing chlorine (Cl ₂ ), boron chloride (BCl ₃ ), or the like may be used. However, in the case of dry etching, there is no difference in selection ratio between the conductive film 105a as the titanium film and the conductive film 105b as the aluminum film, so that the time of the dry etching such that the conductive film 105a remains during the etching Can be controlled.

Impurities such as moisture or hydrogen existing in the oxide semiconductor film 104, the gate insulating film 102, the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 104 and another insulating film and in the vicinity thereof, are stored in the conductive film 105b, . Therefore, by removing the conductive film 105b, it is possible to remove impurities such as moisture or hydrogen which are occluded or adsorbed in the conductive film 105b.

6C, a conductive film 105e using a metal material such as titanium, tungsten, or molybdenum having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film 104 is formed on the conductive film 105a, A conductive film 105c using a metal, a metal compound, or an alloy with a low sound level and a conductive film 105d using a metal material such as titanium, tungsten, or molybdenum that can prevent oxidation of the conductive film 105c are newly formed do. The film thickness of the conductive film 105e or the conductive film 105d is the same as that of the conductive film 105a. The kind of the material used for the conductive film 105c and the range of the film thickness are the same as the conductive film 105b. In this embodiment mode, an aluminum film having a film thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 105c, a titanium film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 105d, A titanium film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is used.

In one embodiment of the present invention, after the conductive film 105b is removed, a conductive film 105c is newly formed using a metal, a metal compound, or an alloy having a low electronegativity. The conductive film 105c is easier to occlude or adsorb impurities such as moisture or hydrogen than the conductive film 105b in which the impurities are already stored or adsorbed. Therefore, the impurities existing in the oxide semiconductor film 104, the gate insulating film 102, or the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 104 and another insulating film and in the vicinity thereof can be reduced as compared with the case of the first embodiment. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the oxide semiconductor film 104 which is close to i-type (intrinsic semiconductor) or i-type by the desorption of impurities such as moisture and hydrogen, and the threshold voltage is shifted by the impurity, The deterioration of the characteristics of the transistor can be prevented from being promoted, and the off current can be reduced.

After the conductive film 105d is formed, the conductive film 105d may be exposed again under a reduced-pressure atmosphere in an atmosphere of an inert gas such as nitrogen or a rare gas (argon, helium, etc.). The temperature range of the heat treatment is set to 200 to 450 캜 in the same manner as in Embodiment 1. Impurities such as moisture or hydrogen present in the oxide semiconductor film 104, in the gate insulating film 102, or at the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 104 and another insulating film and in the vicinity thereof, 105c so as to be easily absorbed or adsorbed.

6 (D), the conductive film 105a, the conductive film 105c, the conductive film 105d, and the conductive film 105e are processed (patterned) into a desired shape by etching or the like, A source electrode 146, and a drain electrode 147 are formed. For example, when a titanium film is used for the conductive film 105a, an aluminum film for the conductive film 105c, a titanium film for the conductive film 105d, and a titanium film for the conductive film 105e, ammonia and hydrogen peroxide The conductive film 105d is subjected to wet etching using a solution (ammonia and water) which is a solution containing ammonia and hydrogen peroxide, followed by wet etching of the conductive film 105c using a solution containing phosphoric acid, (Ammonia and water) may be used to wet-etch the conductive film 105e and the conductive film 105a. Specifically, in this embodiment, as a solution containing phosphoric acid, a mixed acid solution (an aqueous solution containing 2.0 wt% of nitric acid, 9.8 wt% of acetic acid, and 72.3 wt% of phosphoric acid) produced by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. . Specifically, the aqueous ammonia and water are prepared by mixing 31% by weight of hydrogen peroxide, 28% by weight of ammonia water and water in a volume ratio of 5: 2: 2. Alternatively, the conductive film 105a, the conductive film 105c, the conductive film 105d, and the conductive film 105e may be dry-etched using a gas containing chlorine (Cl ₂ ), boron chloride (BCl ₃ ) It is possible.

When the source electrode 146 and the drain electrode 147 are formed by the patterning, the exposed portion of the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 104 is partially etched to form a trench (recess). In the present embodiment, a case is described in which an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 148 having a trench (recess) is formed by the above etching. The conductive film 105a used as a part of the source electrode 146 and the drain electrode 147 is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film 148. [ The source electrode 146 and the drain electrode 147 and the oxide semiconductor film 148 are formed on the conductive film 105a by using a metal material having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film 148 as described above. The contact resistance between the electrode and the electrode is reduced. Therefore, the ON current and the field effect mobility of the TFT can be increased.

After the source electrode 146 and the drain electrode 147 are formed, an insulating film 149 is formed to cover the source electrode 146, the drain electrode 147, and the oxide semiconductor film 148. The kind, structure, and film thickness range of the material used for the insulating film 149 are the same as those of the insulating film 109 described in the first embodiment. In this embodiment mode, an insulating film 149 having a structure in which a silicon nitride film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is laminated on a silicon oxide film having a thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is formed. The substrate temperature at the time of film formation may be from room temperature to 300 캜 or less, and in this embodiment, it is set at 100 캜.

The exposed region of the oxide semiconductor film 148 provided between the source electrode 146 or the drain electrode 147 and the oxide silicon constituting the insulating film 149 are provided in contact with each other to form an oxide semiconductor film Oxygen is supplied to the region of the channel formation region 148 to be formed into a high resistance state (carrier concentration is lowered, preferably lower than 1 x 10 ¹⁸ / cm 3) to form an oxide semiconductor film 148 having a channel- can do.

After the insulating film 149 is formed, a heat treatment may be performed. Regarding the conditions of the heat treatment, the condition of the heat treatment performed after the insulating film 109 is formed in Embodiment 1 may be referred to.

The thin film transistor 140 formed according to the above manufacturing method includes a gate electrode 101, a gate insulating film 102 on the gate electrode 101, an oxide semiconductor film 148 on the gate insulating film 102, A source electrode 146 and a drain electrode 147 on the source and drain electrodes 148 and 148 and an insulating film 149 on the source electrode 146 and the drain electrode 147 and the oxide semiconductor film 148.

Then, a back gate electrode may be formed at a position overlapping the oxide semiconductor film 148 by forming a conductive film on the insulating film 149 and then patterning the conductive film. The type, structure, and range of the thickness of the material used for the back gate electrode are the same as those of the back gate electrode 111 described in Embodiment 1, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

When the back gate electrode is formed, an insulating film is formed so as to cover the back gate electrode. The kind, structure, and range of the film thickness of the material used for the insulating film covering the back gate electrode are the same as those of the insulating film 112 described in Embodiment Mode 1, and the description thereof is omitted here.

The present embodiment can be implemented in appropriate combination with the above embodiment.

(Embodiment 5)

7 (A) to 7 (E), 8 and 9 (A) to 9 (C) show a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device by taking a bottom gate type thin film transistor having a channel protection structure as an example, ). It can be carried out in the same manner as Embodiment 1, so repeated description will be omitted.

As shown in Fig. 7 (A), a gate electrode 301 is formed on a substrate 300 having an insulating surface. An insulating film to be a base film may be provided between the substrate 300 and the gate electrode 301. [ Regarding the material, structure, and film thickness of the gate electrode 301, reference may be made to the description of the gate electrode 301 shown in the first embodiment. Regarding the material, structure and film thickness of the underlying film, reference may be made to the description of the underlying film shown in the first embodiment.

Then, a gate insulating film 302 is formed on the gate electrode 301. Then, Regarding the material, the film thickness, the structure, and the manufacturing method of the gate insulating film 302, reference may be made to the description of the gate insulating film 302 shown in the first embodiment.

Then, an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 303 is formed on the gate insulating film 302. The material, the film thickness, the structure, and the manufacturing method of the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 303 can be referred to the description of the oxide semiconductor film 103 shown in the first embodiment.

Subsequently, in the atmosphere of an inert gas such as nitrogen or noble gas in a reduced pressure atmosphere, the moisture content when measured using an oxygen gas atmosphere or using a dew point system of a super-drying air (CRDS (Cavity Ring Down Laser Spectroscopy) method) of 20 ppm Shaped oxide semiconductor film 303 is subjected to a heat treatment in an atmosphere of air at a temperature of -55 deg. C or lower, preferably 1 ppm or lower, and preferably 10 ppb or lower. As for the heat treatment for the oxide semiconductor film 303, the description of the heat treatment for the oxide semiconductor film 103 shown in the first embodiment can be referred to. The oxide semiconductor film 303 is subjected to heat treatment under the above atmosphere to form an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 304 in which moisture and hydrogen contained in the oxide semiconductor film 303 are desorbed, as shown in Fig. 7 (B) do. Since the impurity such as moisture and hydrogen is desorbed from the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 304 by the above-described heating process, and the impurity is near to the i-type (intrinsic semiconductor) or i-type, the threshold voltage shifts The deterioration of the characteristics of the transistor is prevented from being promoted, and the off current can be reduced.

Then, as shown in Fig. 7C, a channel protective film 311 is formed on the oxide semiconductor film 304 so as to overlap with a portion to be a channel forming region of the oxide semiconductor film 304. Next, as shown in Fig. By providing the channel protective film 311, it is possible to prevent damage (a film reduction due to plasma or an etchant at the time of etching, etc.) in a subsequent step with respect to a portion to be a channel forming region of the oxide semiconductor film 304 have. Therefore, the reliability of the thin film transistor can be improved.

As the channel protective film 311, an inorganic material containing oxygen (silicon oxide, silicon oxynitride, silicon nitride oxide, or the like) can be used. The channel protective film 311 can be formed by a vapor phase growth method such as a plasma CVD method or a thermal CVD method, or a sputtering method. The channel protective film 311 is processed by etching after film formation. Here, a silicon oxide film is formed by a sputtering method, and the channel protective film 311 is formed by etching using a mask by photolithography.

When the channel protective film 311 which is an insulating film such as silicon oxide or silicon oxynitride is formed in contact with the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 304 by a sputtering method, a PCVD method, or the like, in the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 304 Oxygen is supplied at least to the region in contact with the channel protective film 311 and the carrier concentration is lowered preferably to less than 1 x 10 ¹⁸ / cm 3, more preferably to less than 1 x 10 ¹⁴ / cm 3, Oxide semiconductor region. By the formation of the channel protective film 311, the oxide semiconductor film 304 can have a high-resistance oxide semiconductor region in the vicinity of the interface with the channel protective film 311.

Next, a conductive film 305a using a metal material such as titanium, tungsten, or molybdenum having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film 304 and a conductive film 305b using a metal having low electronegativity, And a conductive film 305b made of a metal compound or an alloy are sequentially formed. The types, structures and ranges of the materials used for the conductive films 305a and 305b and the manufacturing method thereof are the same as those of the conductive film 105a and the conductive film 105b shown in Embodiment Mode 1 . In this embodiment mode, a titanium film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 305a, and an aluminum film having a film thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 305b.

A metal compound or an alloy having a low electronegativity is used as the conductive film 305b in the oxide semiconductor film 304 and the gate insulating film 302 or the oxide semiconductor film 304 And other impurities such as moisture or hydrogen present in the vicinity thereof are occluded or adsorbed in the conductive film 305b. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an oxide semiconductor film 304 which is as close to i-type (intrinsic semiconductor) or i-type as possible by removing impurities such as moisture and hydrogen, and the threshold voltage is shifted by the impurity Deterioration of characteristics is prevented from being promoted, and the off current can be reduced.

After the conductive film 305a and the conductive film 305b are formed, heat treatment is performed in an atmosphere of reduced pressure in an inert gas atmosphere of nitrogen or a rare gas (argon, helium, etc.) in a state in which the conductive film 305b is exposed It is possible. The temperature range of the heat treatment is set to 200 to 450 캜 in the same manner as in Embodiment 1.

7 (D), the source electrode 306 and the drain electrode 307 are formed by processing (patterning) the conductive film 305a and the conductive film 305b into a desired shape by etching or the like . For example, when a titanium film is used for the conductive film 305a and an aluminum film is used for the conductive film 305b, the conductive film 305b is wet-etched using the solution containing phosphoric acid, and then the conductive film 305b is etched using a solution containing ammonia and hydrogen peroxide The conductive film 305a can be wet-etched using a solution (ammonia and water). Specifically, in this embodiment, a mixed acid aluminum solution (an aqueous solution containing 2.0 wt% of nitric acid, 9.8 wt% of acetic acid, and 72.3 wt% of phosphoric acid) manufactured by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. is used as a solution containing phosphoric acid . Specifically, the aqueous ammonia and water are prepared by mixing 31% by weight of hydrogen peroxide, 28% by weight of ammonia water and water in a volume ratio of 5: 2: 2. Alternatively, the conductive film 305a and the conductive film 305b may be dry-etched using a gas containing chlorine (Cl ₂ ), boron chloride (BCl ₃ ), or the like.

The conductive film 305a used as a part of the source electrode 306 and the drain electrode 307 is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film 304. [ Since the metal film having low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film is used for the conductive film 305a as described above, the distance between the source electrode 306 and the drain electrode 307 and the oxide semiconductor film 304 The contact resistance at the contact surface is reduced. Therefore, the ON current and the field effect mobility of the TFT can be increased.

After forming the source electrode 306 and the drain electrode 307 as shown in Fig. 7E, the oxide semiconductor film 304, the source electrode 306, the drain electrode 307, and the channel protective film 311) is formed. The kind, structure, and film thickness range of the material used for the insulating film 309 are the same as those of the insulating film 109 described in the first embodiment. In this embodiment mode, an insulating film 309 having a structure in which a silicon nitride film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is laminated on a silicon oxide film having a thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is formed. The substrate temperature at the time of film formation may be from room temperature to 300 캜 or less, and in this embodiment, it is set at 100 캜.

After forming the insulating film 309, a heat treatment may be performed. Regarding the conditions of the heat treatment, the condition of the heat treatment performed after the insulating film 109 is formed in Embodiment 1 may be referred to.

Fig. 8 shows a top view of the semiconductor device shown in Fig. 7 (E). Fig. 7 (E) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along the broken line C1-C2 in Fig.

The thin film transistor 310 formed according to the above manufacturing method includes a gate electrode 301, a gate insulating film 302 on the gate electrode 301, an oxide semiconductor film 304 on the gate insulating film 302, The source electrode 306 and the drain electrode 307 on the oxide semiconductor film 304 and the oxide semiconductor film 304, the source electrode 306 and the drain electrode 307 on the oxide semiconductor film 304, And an insulating film 309 on the channel protective film 311.

9A, the back gate electrode 312 may be formed at a position overlapping with the oxide semiconductor film 304 by patterning the conductive film after forming the conductive film on the insulating film 309 have. The kind, structure, and range of the film thickness of the material used for the back gate electrode 312 are the same as those of the back gate electrode 111 described in Embodiment Mode 1, and the description thereof is omitted here.

When the back gate electrode 312 is formed, an insulating film 313 is formed so as to cover the back gate electrode 312, as shown in Fig. 9 (B). The kind, structure, and range of the film thickness of the material used for the insulating film 313 are the same as those of the insulating film 112 described in Embodiment Mode 1, and the description thereof is omitted here.

Fig. 9 (C) is a top view of the semiconductor device shown in Fig. 9 (B). 9 (B) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along the broken line C1-C2 in Fig. 9 (C).

In this embodiment, the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed according to the manufacturing method shown in Embodiment Mode 1, but the present invention is not limited to this structure. The source electrode and the drain electrode may be formed according to the fabrication methods shown in Embodiments 2 to 4. [

The present embodiment can be implemented in appropriate combination with the above embodiment.

(Embodiment 6)

In this embodiment mode, a manufacturing method of a semiconductor device will be described with reference to FIGS. 10 (A) to 10 (E) and FIG. 11 by taking a bottom contact type thin film transistor as an example. Parts and processes having the same or similar functions as those of the first embodiment can be carried out in the same manner as in the first embodiment, and thus repeated descriptions thereof will be omitted.

As shown in Fig. 10 (A), a gate electrode 401 is formed on a substrate 400 having an insulating surface. An insulating film to be a base film may be provided between the substrate 400 and the gate electrode 401. Regarding the material, structure, and film thickness of the gate electrode 401, reference may be made to the description of the gate electrode 401 shown in the first embodiment. Regarding the material, structure and film thickness of the underlying film, reference may be made to the description of the underlying film shown in the first embodiment.

Subsequently, a gate insulating film 402 is formed on the gate electrode 401. Regarding the material, the film thickness, the structure, and the manufacturing method of the gate insulating film 402, reference may be made to the description of the gate insulating film 402 shown in the first embodiment.

A conductive film 405a using a metal, a metal compound or an alloy having a low electronegativity and a metal material such as titanium, tungsten, or molybdenum having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film 404 are formed on the gate insulating film 402, The conductive film 405b is formed in this order. The types, structures and ranges of the materials used for the conductive films 405b and 405a and the manufacturing method thereof are the same as those of the conductive films 105a and 105b shown in Embodiment Mode 1 . In this embodiment mode, an aluminum film having a film thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 405a, and a titanium film having a film thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is used as the conductive film 405b.

After the conductive film 405a and the conductive film 405b are formed, heat treatment is performed in an atmosphere of reduced pressure in an inert gas atmosphere of nitrogen or a rare gas (argon, helium, etc.) while the conductive film 405b is exposed It is possible. The temperature range of the heat treatment is set to 200 to 450 캜 in the same manner as in Embodiment 1. For example, when an aluminum film is used for the conductive film 405a and a titanium film is used for the conductive film 405b, the conductive film 405b is wet-etched using a solution (ammonia and water) containing ammonia and hydrogen peroxide, The conductive film 405a may be wet-etched using a solution containing phosphoric acid. Specifically, in this embodiment, as a solution containing phosphoric acid, a mixed acid solution (an aqueous solution containing 2.0 wt% of nitric acid, 9.8 wt% of acetic acid, and 72.3 wt% of phosphoric acid) produced by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. . Specifically, the aqueous ammonia and water are prepared by mixing 31% by weight of hydrogen peroxide, 28% by weight of ammonia water and water in a volume ratio of 5: 2: 2. Alternatively, the conductive film 405a and the conductive film 405b may be dry-etched using a gas containing chlorine (Cl ₂ ), boron chloride (BCl ₃ ), or the like.

10 (B), the source electrode 406 and the drain electrode 407 are formed by patterning (patterning) the conductive film 405a and the conductive film 405b into a desired shape by etching or the like .

10 (C), an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 403 is formed on the gate insulating film 402, the source electrode 406, and the drain electrode 407. Next, as shown in Fig. The material, the film thickness, the structure, and the manufacturing method of the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 403 can be referred to the description of the oxide semiconductor film 103 shown in the first embodiment.

Subsequently, in the atmosphere of an inert gas such as nitrogen or noble gas in a reduced pressure atmosphere, the moisture content when measured using an oxygen gas atmosphere or using a dew point system of a super-drying air (CRDS (Cavity Ring Down Laser Spectroscopy) method) of 20 ppm Shaped oxide semiconductor film 403 is subjected to a heat treatment in an atmosphere of air at a temperature of -55 deg. C or lower, preferably 1 ppm or lower, and preferably 10 ppb or lower. As for the heat treatment for the oxide semiconductor film 403, the description of the heat treatment for the oxide semiconductor film 103 shown in the first embodiment can be referred to. The oxide semiconductor film 403 is subjected to heat treatment under the above atmosphere to form an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 404 in which moisture and hydrogen contained in the oxide semiconductor film 403 are desorbed, as shown in Fig. 10 (D) do. Since the impurity such as moisture and hydrogen is desorbed from the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 404 by the above-described heating process, the impurity is shifted to i-type (intrinsic semiconductor) or i-type infinitely so that the threshold voltage shifts The deterioration of the characteristics of the transistor is prevented from being promoted, and the off current can be reduced.

A metal compound or an alloy having a low electronegativity is used as the conductive film 405a in the oxide semiconductor film 404 and the gate insulating film 402 or the oxide semiconductor film 404 And other impurities such as moisture or hydrogen existing in the vicinity thereof are occluded or adsorbed in the conductive film 405a. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an oxide semiconductor film 404 which is infinitely close to the i-type (intrinsic semiconductor) or i-type by the desorption of impurities such as moisture and hydrogen, and the threshold voltage shifts by the impurity Deterioration of characteristics is prevented from being promoted, and the off current can be reduced.

The conductive film 405b used as a part of the source electrode 406 and the drain electrode 407 is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film 404. Since the conductive film 405b is formed of a metal material having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film as described above, the source electrode 406, the drain electrode 407, and the oxide semiconductor film 404 Is reduced. Therefore, the ON current and the field effect mobility of the TFT can be increased.

10E, after the source electrode 406 and the drain electrode 407 are formed, the oxide semiconductor film 404, the source electrode 406, and the drain electrode 407 are covered so as to cover the oxide semiconductor film 404, An insulating film 409 is formed. The kind, structure, and film thickness range of the material used for the insulating film 409 are the same as those of the insulating film 109 described in the first embodiment. In this embodiment mode, an insulating film 409 having a structure in which a silicon nitride film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is laminated on a silicon oxide film having a thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is formed. The substrate temperature at the time of film formation may be from room temperature to 300 캜 or less, and in this embodiment, it is set at 100 캜.

After forming the insulating film 409, heat treatment may be performed. Regarding the conditions of the heat treatment, the condition of the heat treatment performed after the insulating film 109 is formed in Embodiment 1 may be referred to.

Fig. 11 shows a top view of the semiconductor device shown in Fig. 10 (E). 10 (E) corresponds to a cross-sectional view taken along a broken line B1-B2 in Fig.

The thin film transistor 410 formed in accordance with the above manufacturing method includes a gate electrode 401, a gate insulating film 402 on the gate electrode 401, a source electrode 406 and a drain electrode 407 on the gate insulating film 402, The oxide semiconductor film 404 on the gate insulating film 402, the source electrode 406 and the drain electrode 407 and the insulating film 409 on the oxide semiconductor film 404, the source electrode 406 and the drain electrode 407 ).

Then, a back-gate electrode may be formed at a position overlapping the oxide semiconductor film 404 by forming a conductive film on the insulating film 409 and then patterning the conductive film. The type, structure, and range of the thickness of the material used for the back gate electrode are the same as those of the back gate electrode 111 described in Embodiment 1, and thus the description thereof is omitted here.

When the back gate electrode is formed, an insulating film is formed so as to cover the back gate electrode. The kind, structure and film thickness range of the material used for the insulating film are the same as those of the insulating film 112 described in Embodiment Mode 1, and the description thereof is omitted here.

The present embodiment can be implemented in appropriate combination with the above embodiment.

(Seventh Embodiment)

12 (A) to 12 (C), 13 (A) and 13 (B), and 14 (A) show a method of manufacturing a semiconductor display device according to an embodiment of the present invention, And Figs. 14 (B), 15, 16, and 17. Fig.

In this specification, the term "continuous film formation" means that, in a series of processes from the first film forming step performed by the sputtering method to the second film forming step performed by the sputtering method, the atmosphere in which the substrate to be processed is placed is set to a polluted atmosphere Is not contacted, and is always controlled in vacuum or in an inert gas atmosphere (nitrogen atmosphere or rare gas atmosphere). By performing continuous film formation, it is possible to perform deposition by avoiding reattachment of moisture and the like of the cleaned substrate to be processed.

It is assumed that the series of processes from the first film forming step to the second film forming step in the same chamber is within the scope of continuous film formation in this specification.

When a series of processes from the first film forming step to the second film forming step are performed in different chambers, after the first film forming step is completed, the second film forming is carried out by transferring the substrates between the chambers without contacting the atmosphere Is also within the scope of continuous film formation in this specification.

In addition, even if the substrate is heated or cooled to a temperature required for the substrate transporting step, the aligning step, the slow cooling step, or the second step, between the first film forming step and the second film forming step, Is within the range of the continuous film formation.

However, in the case where a process using a liquid such as a cleaning process, a wet etching process, and a resist process is performed between the first film formation process and the second film formation process, the scope of the continuous film formation described in this specification is not covered.

In Fig. 12 (A), a substrate having an insulating film on the surface of a metal substrate such as a stainless alloy may be applied to the substrate 800 having a light-transmitting property in addition to a glass substrate manufactured by a fusion method or a float method. A substrate made of a synthetic resin having flexibility such as plastic tends to have a generally low heat-resistant temperature, but can be used as the substrate 800 if it can withstand the processing temperature in subsequent manufacturing steps. (PET), polyethersulfone (PES), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polycarbonate (PC), polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polysulfone (PSF), and poly (PEI), polyarylate (PAR), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyimide, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polyvinyl acetate and acrylic resin .

Further, as the glass substrate, when the temperature of the subsequent heat treatment is high, a glass substrate having a distortion point of 730 캜 or higher can be used. As the glass substrate, for example, glass materials such as aluminosilicate glass, aluminoborosilicate glass, and barium borosilicate glass are used. By containing a large amount of barium oxide (BaO) in comparison with boric acid, a more practical heat-resistant glass can be obtained.

In place of the glass substrate, a substrate made of an insulator such as a ceramic substrate, a quartz substrate, or a sapphire substrate may be used. In addition, crystallized glass or the like can be used.

Subsequently, a conductive film is formed on the entire surface of the substrate 800, and then a first photolithography process is performed to form a resist mask, and an unnecessary portion is removed by etching to form a wiring and an electrode (a gate including the gate electrode 801) The wiring, the capacitor wiring 822, and the first terminal 821) are formed. At this time, etching is performed so that a taper shape is formed at least at the end of the gate electrode 801.

As the material of the conductive film, metal materials such as molybdenum, titanium, chromium, tantalum, tungsten, neodymium, and scandium, alloy materials containing these metal materials as main components, or nitride of these metals may be used as a single layer or a laminate. Further, as long as it can withstand the temperature of the heat treatment performed in the subsequent steps, aluminum or copper may be used as the metal material.

For example, as a conductive film having a two-layered laminated structure, a two-layered structure in which molybdenum is laminated on aluminum or a two-layer structure in which molybdenum is laminated on a copper layer, or a laminated structure in which titanium nitride or tantalum nitride A two-layer structure, and a two-layer structure in which titanium nitride and molybdenum are laminated. As the three-layer laminated structure, there is a structure in which aluminum, an alloy of aluminum and silicon, an alloy of aluminum and titanium, or an alloy of aluminum and neodymium is used as an intermediate layer and tungsten, tungsten nitride, titanium nitride or titanium are stacked as upper and lower layers desirable.

In addition, the aperture ratio may be improved by using an oxide conductive film having a light-transmitting property for a part of electrodes or wirings. For example, indium oxide, indium oxide-tin oxide alloy, indium oxide-zinc alloy, zinc oxide, aluminum zinc oxide, aluminum oxynitride, or zinc gallium oxide may be used for the oxide conductive film.

The film thickness of the gate electrode 801, the capacitor wiring 822 and the first terminal 821 is 10 nm to 400 nm, preferably 100 nm to 200 nm. In this embodiment mode, a conductive film for a gate electrode of 100 nm is formed by a sputtering method using a tungsten target, and then the conductive film is processed (patterned) into a desired shape by etching to form a gate electrode 801, 822 and the first terminal 821 are formed.

It is also possible to provide an insulating film between the substrate 800 and the gate electrode 801, the capacitor wiring 822, and the first terminal 821 as an underlying film. As the base film, any one of a silicon oxide film, a silicon oxynitride film, a silicon nitride film, a silicon nitride oxide film, an aluminum nitride film, or an aluminum nitride oxide film can be used as a single layer or a plurality of layers can be laminated . Particularly, by using an insulating film having a high barrier property, for example, a silicon nitride film, a silicon nitride oxide film, an aluminum nitride film, or an aluminum nitride oxide film or the like, an impurity in an atmosphere such as moisture or hydrogen, 800 or the like can be prevented from entering the oxide semiconductor film, the gate insulating film, or the interface between the oxide semiconductor film and another insulating film and the vicinity thereof.

Subsequently, as shown in Fig. 12B, a gate insulating film 802 is formed on the gate electrode 801, the capacitor wiring 822, and the first terminal 821. Next, as shown in Fig. The gate insulating film 802 can be formed by using a plasma CVD method, a sputtering method, or the like, or a single layer or stacked layers of a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, a silicon oxynitride film, a silicon nitride oxide film, aluminum oxide or tantalum oxide . It is preferable that the gate insulating film 802 does not contain impurities such as moisture or hydrogen as much as possible. A gate insulating film 802 having a structure in which an insulating film using a material having a high barrier property and an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film having a low nitrogen content is laminated. In this case, an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film is formed between the insulating film having barrier properties and the oxide semiconductor film. As the insulating film having a high barrier property, for example, a silicon nitride film, a silicon nitride oxide film, an aluminum nitride film, or an aluminum nitride oxide film can be given. Impurities in the atmosphere such as moisture or hydrogen or impurities such as alkali metals and heavy metals contained in the substrate can be prevented from diffusing in the gate insulating film 802 or between the oxide semiconductor film and the other insulating film And it can be prevented from entering the interface and its vicinity. Further, by forming an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film, a silicon oxynitride film, or the like having a low nitrogen ratio so as to contact with the oxide semiconductor film, it is possible to prevent the insulating film using a material having a high barrier property from directly contacting the oxide semiconductor film.

In the present embodiment, a gate insulating film 802 having a structure in which a silicon oxide film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is laminated on a silicon nitride film having a thickness of 50 nm formed by a sputtering method is formed.

Then, an oxide semiconductor film is formed on the gate insulating film 802, and then the oxide semiconductor film is processed into a desired shape by etching or the like to form an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 803. [ The oxide semiconductor film is formed by a sputtering method using an oxide semiconductor as a target. The oxide semiconductor film can be formed by a sputtering method under an atmosphere of an inert gas (for example, argon) or an atmosphere of rare gas (for example, argon) and an oxygen atmosphere.

Before the oxide semiconductor film is formed by the sputtering method, it is preferable to perform reverse sputtering in which argon gas is introduced to generate plasma to remove dust adhering to the surface of the gate insulating film 802. An inverse sputter is a method of applying a voltage to a substrate side using an RF power source under an argon atmosphere without applying a voltage to a target side to form a plasma on a substrate to modify the surface. In place of the argon atmosphere, nitrogen, helium, or the like may also be used. It may also be performed in an atmosphere in which oxygen, hydrogen, nitrous oxide or the like is added to an argon atmosphere. It may also be carried out in an atmosphere in which chlorine, carbon tetrafluoride or the like is added to an argon atmosphere.

As the oxide semiconductor film for forming the channel forming region, an oxide material having the above-described semiconductor characteristics can be used.

The thickness of the oxide semiconductor film is set to 10 nm to 300 nm, preferably 20 nm to 100 nm. In this embodiment, an oxide semiconductor target containing In, Ga, and Zn (In ₂ O ₃ : Ga ₂ O ₃ : ZnO = 1: 1: 1, In ₂ O ₃ : Ga ₂ O ₃ : (DC) power source of 0.5 kW and oxygen (oxygen flow rate ratio of 100%) using a vacuum evaporator and a ZnO ratio of 1: 1: 2. Use of a pulsed direct current (DC) power supply is preferable because dust can be reduced and the film thickness distribution becomes uniform. In this embodiment, an In-Ga-Zn-O system non-single crystal film having a film thickness of 30 nm is formed by a sputtering apparatus using an In-Ga-Zn-O system oxide semiconductor target as an oxide semiconductor film.

Further, after the plasma treatment, the oxide semiconductor film is formed without being exposed to the atmosphere, whereby dust and moisture can be prevented from adhering to the interface between the gate insulating film 802 and the oxide semiconductor film. Use of a pulsed direct current (DC) power supply is preferable because dust can be reduced and the film thickness distribution becomes uniform.

The relative density of the oxide semiconductor target is preferably 80% or more, preferably 95% or more, more preferably 99.9% or more. By using a target having a high relative density, the impurity concentration in the oxide semiconductor film to be formed can be reduced, and a thin film transistor having high electrical characteristics or reliability can be obtained.

There is also a multi-sputter device in which a plurality of targets with different materials can be installed. The multi-sputtering apparatus may be formed by depositing different material films in the same chamber or by simultaneously discharging a plurality of kinds of materials in the same chamber.

There is also a sputtering apparatus using a magnetron sputtering method having a magnet mechanism inside a chamber and an ECR sputtering method using plasma generated by using microwaves without using glow discharge.

As a film forming method using the sputtering method, there is a reactive sputtering method in which a target material and a sputter gas component are chemically reacted with each other during film formation to form a thin film of the compound, or a bias sputtering method in which a voltage is applied to a substrate during film formation.

Further, during film formation according to the sputtering method, the substrate may be heated to 400 ° C or more and 700 ° C or less by light or a heater. By heating during the film formation, damage due to sputtering is restored simultaneously with film formation.

It is also preferable to perform the preheating treatment to remove water or hydrogen remaining in the sputtering apparatus inner wall, the target surface, or the target material before performing the film formation of the oxide semiconductor film. Examples of the preheating treatment include a method of heating the film forming chamber at a temperature of 200 ° C to 600 ° C under a reduced pressure, a method of repeating introduction and exhaust of nitrogen or an inert gas while heating, and the like. After the preheating treatment is finished, the substrate or the sputtering apparatus is cooled, and the oxide semiconductor film is formed without being brought into contact with the atmosphere. In this case, the target cooling liquid is not water but may be used for holding. Even if nitrogen is introduced and exhausted repeatedly without heating, a certain effect can be obtained, but it is better to carry out heating while heating.

Further, it is preferable to remove moisture or the like remaining in the inside of the sputtering apparatus by using a cryo pump before, during, or after forming the oxide semiconductor film.

In the second photolithography process, the oxide semiconductor film is processed into a desired shape by wet etching using, for example, a solution prepared by mixing phosphoric acid, nitric acid and acetic acid, to form an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 803 . The island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 803 is formed so as to overlap with the gate electrode 801. In etching the oxide semiconductor film, an organic acid such as citric acid or oxalic acid can be used as an etching. In this embodiment, unnecessary portions are removed by wet etching using ITO07N (manufactured by Kanto Chemical Co., Ltd.) to form an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 803. Note that the etching here is not limited to the wet etching, and dry etching may be used.

As the etching gas used for dry etching, a gas containing chlorine (chlorine-based gas such as chlorine (Cl ₂ ), boron chloride (BCl ₃ ), silicon chloride (SiCl ₄ ), carbon tetrachloride (CCl ₄ ) .

(Fluorine-based gas, for example, carbon tetrafluoride (CF ₄ ), sulfur fluoride (SF ₆ ), nitrogen fluoride (NF ₃ ), trifluoromethane (CHF ₃ ) and the like), hydrogen bromide ), Oxygen (O ₂ ), a gas obtained by adding a rare gas such as helium (He) or argon (Ar) to these gases, or the like can be used.

As the dry etching method, parallel plate type RIE (Reactive Ion Etching) method or ICP (Inductively Coupled Plasma) etching method can be used. (The amount of electric power applied to the coil-shaped electrode, the amount of electric power applied to the electrode on the substrate side, the electrode temperature on the substrate side, and the like) are appropriately controlled so that etching can be performed with a desired processing shape.

Further, the etchant after the wet etching is removed by cleaning together with the etched material. The waste liquid of the etchant containing the removed material may be refined to reuse the contained material. By recycling materials such as indium contained in the oxide semiconductor film from the wastewater after the etching and reusing it, resources can be effectively utilized and the cost can be reduced.

The etching conditions (etching solution, etching time, temperature, etc.) are appropriately adjusted according to the material so that the desired shape can be processed.

Subsequently, as shown in Fig. 12 (C), in an atmosphere of an inert gas such as nitrogen or noble gas under a reduced pressure atmosphere, in an oxygen gas atmosphere or by using a dew point system of a CRDS (Cavity Ring Down Laser Spectroscopy) , The heat treatment may be performed on the oxide semiconductor film 803 in an atmosphere having a water content of 20 ppm (-55 캜 in terms of dew point), preferably 1 ppm or less, preferably 10 ppb or less. The oxide semiconductor film 803 is formed by performing heat treatment on the oxide semiconductor film 803. [ Concretely, the annealing is carried out at a temperature of 500 ° C or more and 750 ° C or less (or at a temperature equal to or lower than the strain point of the glass substrate) for 1 minute to 10 minutes, preferably 650 ° C or less, in an inert gas atmosphere (nitrogen or helium, neon, argon, ° C and a rapid thermal annealing (RTA) of 3 minutes to 6 minutes. By using the RTA method, dehydration or dehydrogenation can be performed in a short time, so that it can be treated even at a temperature exceeding the strain point of the glass substrate. In addition, the heat treatment is not limited to the timing after the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 803 is formed, and may be performed on the oxide semiconductor film before etching is performed. The heat treatment may be performed several times after the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 803 is formed.

In the present embodiment, the heat treatment is performed for 6 minutes in a nitrogen atmosphere at a temperature of 600 占 폚 and the substrate temperature has reached the set temperature. As the heat treatment, a heating method using an electric furnace, an instant heating method such as a gas rapid thermal annealing (GRTA) method using a heated substrate or a lamp rapid thermal annealing (LRTA) method using a lamp light can be used. For example, when the heating process is carried out using an electric furnace, it is preferable to set the temperature raising characteristic at 0.1 ° C / min or more to 20 ° C / min or less, and the temperature down characteristic to 0.1 ° C / min or more and 15 ° C / min or less.

Further, in the heat treatment, it is preferable that the rare gas such as nitrogen or helium, neon or argon does not contain moisture, hydrogen or the like. Nitrogen, or rare gas such as helium, neon, argon, or the like introduced into the heat treatment apparatus to a purity of 6N (99.9999%) or more, preferably 7N (99.99999%) or more (i.e., an impurity concentration of 1 ppm or less, ppm or less).

A sectional view in the range of the broken line D1-D2 in FIG. 12 (C) and a sectional view in the range of the broken line E1-E2 are the sectional view in the broken line D1-D2 and the sectional view in the broken line E1- .

Next, as shown in Fig. 13A, a conductive film 806 used as a source electrode or a drain electrode is formed on the oxide semiconductor film 804 by a sputtering method or a vacuum evaporation method. In the present embodiment, on the conductive film 806a using a metal material such as titanium, tungsten, or molybdenum having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film 804, a conductive film (for example, 806b are stacked.

Aluminum and magnesium may also be used as metals with low electronegativity. A mixture, a metal compound, or an alloy including any one or more of the above metals may be used as the conductive film 806b. When a material having low heat resistance such as aluminum is used, an alloy containing one or more elements selected from titanium, tantalum, tungsten, molybdenum, chromium, neodymium, and scandium as an element or aluminum, The heat resistance of the conductive film 806b may be increased by combining a heat resistant conductive material such as nitride contained as a component.

The thickness of the conductive film 806a is preferably 10 nm to 200 nm, and more preferably 50 nm to 150 nm. The film thickness of the conductive film 806b is preferably 100 nm to 300 nm, and more preferably 150 nm to 250 nm. In this embodiment mode, a titanium film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by the sputtering method is used as the conductive film 806a, and an aluminum film having a film thickness of 200 nm formed by the sputtering method is used as the conductive film 806b.

A metal compound or an alloy having a low electronegativity is used as the conductive film 806b in the oxide semiconductor film 804 and the gate insulating film 802 or the oxide semiconductor film 804 And other impurities such as moisture or hydrogen present in the vicinity thereof are stored or adsorbed in the conductive film 806b. Therefore, it is possible to obtain an oxide semiconductor film 804 which is infinitely close to i-type (intrinsic semiconductor) or i-type by removing impurities such as moisture and hydrogen, and the threshold voltage shifts by the impurity Deterioration of characteristics is prevented from being promoted, and the off current can be reduced.

Further, in addition to the above structure, the conductive film 806b is exposed to heat treatment under a reduced-pressure atmosphere in an inert gas atmosphere of nitrogen or a rare gas (argon, helium, etc.) And moisture or oxygen adsorbed in the inside of the apparatus may be removed. The temperature range of the heat treatment is 200 占 폚 to 450 占 폚. Impurities such as moisture or hydrogen existing in the oxide semiconductor film 804, the gate insulating film 802, or the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 804 and another insulating film and in the vicinity thereof, 806b.

Next, as shown in Fig. 13B, a third photolithography process is performed to form the conductive film 806a and the conductive film 806b into a desired shape by etching or the like, thereby forming the source electrode 807, And a drain electrode 808 are formed. For example, when a titanium film is used for the conductive film 806a and an aluminum film is used for the conductive film 806b, the conductive film 806b is wet-etched using a solution containing phosphoric acid, and then the conductive film 806b is etched using a solution containing ammonia and hydrogen peroxide The conductive film 806a can be wet-etched using a solution (ammonia and water). Specifically, in this embodiment, as a solution containing phosphoric acid, a mixed acid solution (an aqueous solution containing 2.0 wt% of nitric acid, 9.8 wt% of acetic acid, and 72.3 wt% of phosphoric acid) produced by Wako Pure Chemical Industries, Ltd. . Specifically, the aqueous ammonia and water are prepared by mixing 31% by weight of hydrogen peroxide, 28% by weight of ammonia water and water in a volume ratio of 5: 2: 2. Alternatively, the conductive film 806a and the conductive film 806b may be dry-etched using a gas containing chlorine (Cl ₂ ), boron chloride (BCl ₃ ), or the like.

When the source electrode 807 and the drain electrode 808 are formed by the patterning, the exposed portion of the island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 804 is partially etched to form a trench (recess). In this embodiment, a case is described in which an island-shaped oxide semiconductor film 805 having a trench (recess) is formed by the above etching. The conductive film 806a used as a part of the source electrode 807 and the drain electrode 808 is in contact with the oxide semiconductor film 805. [ Since the conductive film 806a is made of a metal material having a low contact resistance with the oxide semiconductor film as described above, the source electrode 807, the drain electrode 808, and the oxide semiconductor film 805 Is reduced. Therefore, the ON current and the field effect mobility of the TFT can be increased.

In this third photolithography step, the second terminal 820, which is the same material as the source electrode 807 or the drain electrode 808, is left in the terminal portion. The second terminal 820 is electrically connected to the source wiring (the source wiring including the source electrode 807 or the drain electrode 808).

Further, when a resist mask having a plurality of (for example, two) thickness regions formed by a multi-gradation mask is used, the number of resist masks can be reduced, so that the process can be simplified and the cost can be reduced.

A sectional view in the range of the broken line D1-D2 in FIG. 13B and a sectional view in the range of the broken line E1-E2 are the sectional view in the broken line D1-D2 of the plan view in FIG. 16 and the sectional view in the broken line E1- .

In this embodiment, the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed in accordance with the fabrication method shown in Embodiment Mode 1, but they can also be formed in accordance with the fabrication methods shown in Embodiment Modes 2 to 4.

The source electrode 807 and the drain electrode 808 are formed so as to cover the source electrode 807 and the drain electrode 808 and the oxide semiconductor film 805 as shown in Fig. 809). The insulating film 809 preferably does not contain impurities such as moisture or hydrogen as much as possible, and may be a single-layer insulating film or a plurality of stacked insulating films. It is preferable to use a material having high barrier properties for the insulating film 809. [ For example, as the insulating film having a high barrier property, a silicon nitride film, a silicon nitride oxide film, an aluminum nitride film, an aluminum nitride oxide film, or the like can be used. When a plurality of stacked insulating films are used, an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film, a silicon oxynitride film, or the like having a low nitrogen ratio is formed closer to the oxide semiconductor film 805 than the insulating film having a high barrier property. An insulating film having a barrier property is formed so as to overlap with the source electrode 807, the drain electrode 808 and the oxide semiconductor film 805 with an insulating film having a low nitrogen ratio therebetween. By using an insulating film having a barrier property, it is possible to prevent moisture or oxygen from being adsorbed on the surface or the inside of the source electrode 807 and the drain electrode 808. It is also possible to prevent impurities such as moisture or hydrogen from entering the oxide semiconductor film 805, the gate insulating film 802, or the interface between the oxide semiconductor film 805 and another insulating film and its vicinity. Further, by forming an insulating film such as a silicon oxide film or a silicon oxynitride film having a low nitrogen ratio so as to contact the oxide semiconductor film 805, it is possible to prevent the insulating film using a material having high barrier properties from directly contacting the oxide semiconductor film 805 .

In this embodiment mode, an insulating film 809 having a structure in which a silicon nitride film having a thickness of 100 nm formed by a sputtering method is laminated on a silicon oxide film having a thickness of 200 nm formed by a sputtering method is formed. The substrate temperature at the time of film formation may be room temperature or more and 300 占 폚 or less, and 100 占 폚 in the present embodiment.

The exposed region of the oxide semiconductor film 805 provided between the source electrode 807 or the drain electrode 808 and the silicon oxide constituting the insulating film 809 are in contact with each other so that the oxide semiconductor film 805 (The carrier concentration is lowered, preferably lower than 1 x 10 < ¹⁸ > / cm < 3 >) to form an oxide semiconductor film 805 having a channel formation region with a high resistance .

Subsequently, a heat treatment may be performed after the insulating film 809 is formed. The heat treatment is preferably performed under a reduced pressure atmosphere in an atmosphere atmosphere or under an inert gas atmosphere (nitrogen, helium, neon, argon, etc.) do. For example, a second heat treatment is performed at 250 DEG C for 1 hour in a nitrogen atmosphere. Alternatively, RTA treatment at a high temperature for a short period of time may be performed in the same manner as in the above-described heating process. The oxide semiconductor film 805 is heated in contact with the silicon oxide constituting the insulating film 809 to further increase the resistance of the oxide semiconductor film 805 to improve the electrical characteristics of the transistor and , And the deviation of the electric characteristics can be reduced. This heat treatment is not particularly limited as far as it is after the formation of the insulating film 809 and can be performed by other processes such as heat treatment at the time of forming the resin film and heat treatment for lowering the resistance of the transparent conductive film, Can be performed without increasing.

Through the above process, the thin film transistor 813 can be manufactured.

A resist mask is formed and a contact hole is formed by etching the insulating film 809 and the gate insulating film 802 to form a part of the drain electrode 808 and the first terminal 821 A portion of the second terminal 820 is exposed. Subsequently, after the resist mask is removed, a transparent conductive film is formed. As the material of the transparent conductive film, indium oxide (In ₂ O ₃ ), indium oxide tin oxide alloy (In ₂ O ₃ -SnO ₂ , abbreviated as ITO), or the like is formed by a sputtering method, a vacuum deposition method or the like. The etching treatment of this material is carried out with a solution of hydrochloric acid system. However, since indium tin oxide (ITO) is particularly prone to residue, an indium oxide-zinc oxide alloy (In ₂ O ₃ -ZnO) may be used to improve the etching processability. Further, when the heat treatment for lowering the resistance of the transparent conductive film is performed, the oxide semiconductor film 805 can be made to have a high resistance and can be combined with the heat treatment for improving the electric characteristics of the transistor and reducing the deviation of electric characteristics.

Subsequently, a fifth photolithography process is performed to form a resist mask, and unnecessary portions are removed by etching to form the pixel electrode 814 connected to the drain electrode 808 and the transparent electrode 810 connected to the first terminal 821 A conductive film 815 and a transparent conductive film 816 connected to the second terminal 820 are formed.

The transparent conductive film 815 and the transparent conductive film 816 are electrodes or wirings used for connection with the FPC. The transparent conductive film 815 formed on the first terminal 821 becomes a connection terminal electrode functioning as an input terminal of the gate wiring. The transparent conductive film 816 formed on the second terminal 820 is a terminal electrode for connection functioning as an input terminal of the source wiring.

In this sixth photolithography process, the storage capacitor 819 is formed of the capacitor wiring 822 and the pixel electrode 814 by using the gate insulating film 802 and the insulating film 809 as a dielectric.

FIG. 14 (B) shows a cross-sectional view at the stage where the resist mask is removed. A cross-sectional view in the range of the broken line D1-D2 in FIG. 14 (B) and a cross-sectional view in the range of the broken line E1-E2 are the sectional view in the broken line D1-D2 in the plan view in FIG. 17, Sectional view.

In this manner, six pixel photomasks are used to complete the pixel thin film transistor portion having the thin film transistor 813, which is a thin gate transistor of the bottom gate type reverse stagger structure, and the storage capacitor 819 by six photolithography processes . Then, by arranging them in a matrix form corresponding to each pixel to constitute a pixel portion, it is possible to make a single substrate for manufacturing an active matrix type display device. For convenience, such a substrate is referred to as an active matrix substrate in this specification.

When an active matrix liquid crystal display device is manufactured, a liquid crystal layer is provided between an active matrix substrate and an opposing substrate provided with an opposing electrode, and the active matrix substrate and the opposing substrate are fixed.

Alternatively, the storage capacitor may be formed by overlapping the pixel electrode with the gate wiring of the neighboring pixel with the insulating film and the gate insulating film interposed therebetween, without providing a capacitor wiring.

In an active matrix type liquid crystal display device, a display pattern is formed on a screen by driving pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix form. Specifically, by applying a voltage between the selected pixel electrode and the counter electrode corresponding to the pixel electrode, optical modulation of the liquid crystal layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode is performed, and this optical modulation is performed as a display pattern It is recognized by the observer.

In the case of manufacturing a light emitting display, a partition wall using an organic resin film may be provided between each organic light emitting element. In this case, since the organic resin film is subjected to the heat treatment, the oxide semiconductor film 805 can be made to have a high resistance and can be combined with the heat treatment for improving the electrical characteristics of the transistor and reducing the variation in electric characteristics.

By forming the thin film transistor using the oxide semiconductor, the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Particularly, since the purity of the oxide semiconductor film is increased by the reduction of impurities such as moisture, hydrogen, and OH due to the heat treatment, it is possible to improve the purity of the oxide semiconductor film by using a special sputtering apparatus, A semiconductor display device having a good and reliable thin film transistor can be manufactured.

Since the semiconductor film in the channel forming region is a high resistance region, the electrical characteristics of the thin film transistor are stabilized, and an increase in off current and the like can be prevented. Therefore, a semiconductor display device having a thin film transistor having good electric characteristics and high reliability can be obtained.

This embodiment can be implemented in combination with the above embodiment.

(Embodiment 8)

In the present embodiment, a structure of a semiconductor display device called electronic paper or digital paper, which is one of the semiconductor display devices formed using the manufacturing method of the present invention, will be described.

The electronic paper can control the gradation by the application of a voltage and uses a display element having memory characteristics. Specifically, the display device used for the electronic paper includes a non-aqueous electrophoretic display device, a PDLC (polymer dispersed liquid crystal) display device in which a droplet of liquid crystal is dispersed in a polymer material between two electrodes, A display device having a chiral nematic liquid crystal or a cholesteric liquid crystal, a powdery transfer type display device having fine particles charged between two electrodes and moving the fine particles in the powder by an electric field, or the like can be used. The non-aqueous electrophoretic display element includes a display element in which a dispersion in which charged fine particles are dispersed between two electrodes is interposed, a display element in which a dispersion liquid in which charged fine particles are dispersed is disposed on two electrodes sandwiching the insulating film, A display element in which a twisted ball having two hemispheres charged with different electric charges is dispersed in a solvent between two electrodes, a display element having microcapsules in which a plurality of charged particles are dispersed in a solution between two electrodes do.

18A shows a top view of the pixel portion 700 of the electronic paper, the signal line driver circuit 701, and the scanning line driver circuit 702. As shown in Fig.

The pixel portion 700 has a plurality of pixels 703. A plurality of signal lines 707 are provided in the pixel portion 700 from the signal line driver circuit 701. A plurality of scanning lines 708 are provided in the pixel portion 700 from the scanning line driving circuit 702. [

Each pixel 703 has a transistor 704, a display element 705, and a storage capacitor 706. The gate electrode of the transistor 704 is connected to one of the scan lines 708. One of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the transistor 704 is connected to one of the signal lines 707 and the other is connected to the pixel electrode of the display element 705.

18A, the storage capacitor 706 is connected in parallel with the display element 705 in order to maintain the voltage applied between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode of the display element 705. However, If the height of the memory property of the element 705 is sufficiently high enough to maintain the display, it is not necessarily required to provide the holding capacitor 706. [

In addition, although Fig. 18A shows the structure of the active matrix type pixel portion in which one transistor serving as a switching element is provided for each pixel, the electronic paper according to one aspect of the present invention is not limited to this structure. The number of transistors provided in a pixel may be plural, or an element such as a capacitor, a resistor, or a coil may be connected in addition to the transistor.

18B shows a cross-sectional view of a display element 705 provided in each pixel 703, taking an electrophoretic electronic paper having microcapsules as an example.

The display element 705 has a pixel electrode 710, a counter electrode 711 and a microcapsule 712 to which a voltage is applied by the pixel electrode 710 and the counter electrode 711. One of the source electrode and the drain electrode 713 of the transistor 704 is connected to the pixel electrode 710.

In the microcapsule 712, a positively charged white pigment such as titanium oxide and a negatively charged black pigment such as carbon black are sealed together with a dispersion medium such as oil. A voltage is applied between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode in accordance with the voltage of the video signal applied to the pixel electrode 710 to attract the white pigment to the positive electrode side and the white pigment to the negative electrode side, Can be performed.

18 (B), the microcapsule 712 is fixed between the pixel electrode 710 and the counter electrode 711 by a resin 714 having a light-transmitting property. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration, and a space formed by the microcapsule 712, the pixel electrode 710, and the counter electrode 711 may be filled with a gas such as air or an inert gas. In this case, it is preferable that the microcapsule 712 is fixed to either or both of the pixel electrode 710 and the counter electrode 711 with an adhesive or the like.

In addition, the number of microcapsules 712 included in the display element 705 can not always be plural as shown in Fig. 18 (B). One display element 705 may have a plurality of microcapsules 712 and a plurality of display elements 705 may have one microcapsule 712. [ For example, when two display elements 705 share one microcapsule 712 and a positive voltage is applied to the pixel electrode 710 of one display element 705 and a positive voltage is applied to the other display element 705, It is assumed that a negative voltage is applied to the pixel electrode 710 that the pixel electrode 710 has. In this case, in the region where the positive voltage is applied to the pixel electrode 710, the black pigment is attracted toward the pixel electrode 710 in the microcapsule 712 and the white pigment is attracted toward the counter electrode 711 side . Conversely, in the region where the negative voltage is applied to the pixel electrode 710, the white pigment is attracted to the pixel electrode 710 side in the microcapsule 712, and the black pigment is attracted to the counter electrode 711 side Is pulled.

Next, a specific driving method of the electronic paper will be described by taking the electrophoretic electronic paper described above as an example.

The operation of the electronic paper can be divided into an initialization period, a writing period, and a sustaining period.

Prior to switching the image to be displayed, the gradation of each pixel in the pixel portion is first unified at first in the initialization period, thereby initializing the display element. It is possible to prevent the afterimage from being left by initializing the display element. Specifically, in the electrophoresis type, the gradation displayed by the microcapsule 712 of the display element 705 is adjusted so that the display of each pixel becomes white or black.

In the present embodiment, an initialization operation in the case where an initialization video signal for displaying black is input to a pixel and then an initialization video signal for displaying white is input to the pixel will be described. For example, in the case of an electrophoretic type electronic paper in which an image is displayed toward the counter electrode 711, the black pigment in the microcapsule 712 is first directed to the counter electrode 711 side, A voltage is applied to the display element 705 so as to face the electrode 710 side. Subsequently, voltage is applied to the display element 705 such that the white pigment in the microcapsule 712 faces the counter electrode 711 side and the black pigment faces the pixel electrode 710 side.

If the initialization video signal is input only once to the pixels, the movement of the white pigment and the black pigment in the microcapsule 712 ends prematurely, depending on the gradation displayed before the initialization period, There is a possibility that a difference occurs in the gradation displayed between the pixels even after termination. Therefore, a negative voltage (-Vp) with respect to the common voltage Vcom is applied to the pixel electrode 710 several times to display black, and a positive voltage (Vp) is applied to the pixel It is preferable to display white by applying it to the electrode 710. [

In addition, if the gradation levels displayed by the display elements of the respective pixels are different before the initialization period, the minimum number of times for inputting the initialization video signal is different. Therefore, the number of times of inputting the video signal for initialization may be different between the pixels in accordance with the gradation displayed before the initialization period. In this case, the common voltage Vcom may be input to the pixel which does not need to input the video signal for initialization.

Further, in order to apply the voltage (Vp) or the voltage (-Vp) of the initializing video signal to the pixel electrode 710 several times, it is preferable that, in the period in which the pulse of the selection signal is given to each scanning line, A series of operations of inputting a video signal for initialization to a pixel are performed a plurality of times. The movement of the white pigment and the black pigment in the microcapsule 712 is converged by applying the voltage (Vp) or the voltage (-Vp) of the initializing video signal to the pixel electrode 710 several times, The pixel of the pixel portion can be initialized.

In addition, in the initialization period, it is not necessary to display white after black is displayed in each pixel, but black may be displayed after displaying white. Alternatively, in the initialization period, black may be displayed after displaying white for each pixel, and then white may be displayed.

The timing at which the initialization period starts is not necessarily the same for all the pixels in the pixel portion. For example, the timing for starting the initialization period may be different for each pixel or for each pixel belonging to the same line.

Then, in the writing period, a video signal having image information is input to the pixel.

In the case of displaying an image in the entire pixel portion, in one frame period, a selection signal in which a voltage pulse is sequentially shifted to all the scanning lines is inputted. A video signal having image information is input to all the signal lines within one line period in which pulses appear in the selection signal.

The white pigment and the black pigment in the microcapsule 712 move toward the pixel electrode 710 or the counter electrode 711 in accordance with the voltage of the video signal applied to the pixel electrode 710, Display.

Further, even in the writing period, it is preferable to apply the voltage of the video signal to the pixel electrode 710 several times as in the initializing period. Therefore, in the period in which the pulse of the selection signal is given to each scanning line, a series of operations of inputting the video signal to the pixels of the line having the scanning line are performed several times.

Subsequently, in the sustain period, the common voltage Vcom is input to all the pixels through the signal line, and no input of the selection signal to the scanning line or a video signal to the signal line is performed. Therefore, the white pigment and the black pigment in the microcapsule 712 of the display element 705 are maintained in a state where the positive or negative voltage is not applied between the pixel electrode 710 and the counter electrode 711 The gradation displayed by the display element 705 is maintained. Therefore, the image written in the writing period is displayed even in the holding period.

In addition, a display element used in an electronic paper tends to have a higher voltage than a light emitting element such as a liquid crystal element used in a liquid crystal display device or an organic light emitting element used in a light emitting device, in order to change the gradation. Therefore, in the writing period, the transistor 704 of the pixel used as the switching element increases the potential difference between the source electrode and the drain electrode, so that the off current becomes high. Therefore, the potential of the pixel electrode 710 fluctuates Distortion is likely to occur. It is effective to increase the capacity of the storage capacitor 706 in order to prevent the potential of the pixel electrode 710 from fluctuating due to the off current of the transistor 704. [ In addition to the voltage between the pixel electrode 710 and the counter electrode 711 as well as the voltage generated between the signal line 707 and the counter electrode 711 are applied to the microcapsule 712, Noise may be generated in the display of the display device. In order to prevent this noise from occurring, it is necessary to secure a large area of the pixel electrode 710 and to prevent a voltage generated between the signal line 707 and the counter electrode 711 from being applied to the microcapsule 712 Valid. However, in order to prevent the potential of the pixel electrode 710 from fluctuating as described above, in order to increase the capacity of the storage capacitor 706 or to prevent noise from occurring in display, the area of the pixel electrode 710 The current value to be supplied to the pixel in the writing period becomes high, and it takes time to input the video signal. In the electronic paper according to one aspect of the present invention, since the transistor 704 used in a pixel as a switching element has a high field effect mobility, a high ON current can be obtained. Therefore, even if the capacity of the holding capacitor 706 is increased or the area of the pixel electrode 710 is increased, input of a video signal to the pixel can be performed quickly. Therefore, the length of the writing period can be suppressed, and switching to an image to be displayed can be performed smoothly. Further, in the writing period, the transistor 704 of the pixel used as the switching element is liable to deteriorate because the potential difference between the source electrode and the drain electrode becomes large. However, in an embodiment of the present invention, the deviation of the threshold voltage due to aged deterioration of the transistor 704 can be suppressed to be small, and reliability of the electronic paper can be enhanced.

The present embodiment can be implemented in combination with the above embodiment.

(Embodiment 9)

Fig. 19 (A) shows an example of a block diagram of an active matrix type semiconductor display device. The pixel portion 5301, the first scan line driver circuit 5302, the second scan line driver circuit 5303, and the signal line driver circuit 5304 are provided on the substrate 5300 of the display device. A plurality of signal lines are arranged extending from the signal line driver circuit 5304 and a plurality of scanning lines are arranged extending from the first scanning line driving circuit 5302 and the second scanning line driving circuit 5303 in the pixel portion 5301. [ In addition, pixels having display elements are arranged in a matrix form in the intersecting regions of the scanning lines and the signal lines. The substrate 5300 of the display device is connected to a timing control circuit 5305 (also referred to as a controller or a control IC) through a connection portion such as an FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit).

19A, the first scanning line driver circuit 5302, the second scanning line driver circuit 5303, and the signal line driver circuit 5304 are formed on one substrate 5300 together with the pixel portion 5301. Therefore, since the number of parts such as the driver circuit provided outside is reduced, not only the size of the display device can be reduced, but also the cost can be reduced by reducing the assembly process and the inspection process. In addition, it is possible to reduce the number of connections at the connection portion by extending the wiring when the driving circuit is provided outside the substrate 5300. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a decrease in the yield due to the connection failure between the driver circuit and the pixel portion, and to prevent the reliability from deteriorating due to the low mechanical strength at the connection portion.

The timing control circuit 5305 supplies the start signal GSP1 for the first scan line driver circuit and the clock signal GCK1 for the scan line driver circuit to the first scan line driver circuit 5302 as an example. The timing control circuit 5305 also supplies a start signal GSP2 (also referred to as a start pulse) and a clock signal GCK2 for the scanning line driving circuit to the second scanning line driving circuit 5303 as an example Supply. And supplies the start signal SSP for the signal line driver circuit, the clock signal SCK for the signal line driver circuit, the video signal data (simply referred to as a video signal) and the latch signal LAT to the signal line driver circuit 5304 . In addition, either the first scanning line driver circuit 5302 or the second scanning line driver circuit 5303 can be omitted.

19B, a circuit having a low driving frequency (for example, a first scanning line driving circuit 5302 and a second scanning line driving circuit 5303) is formed on one substrate 5300 together with the pixel portion 5301 And the signal line driver circuit 5304 is formed on a substrate different from that of the pixel portion 5301. As shown in FIG. It is also possible to partially form a circuit having a low driving frequency such as an analog switch used in the sampling circuit among the signal line driver circuit 5304 on one substrate 5300 together with the pixel portion 5301. As described above, by adopting the system-on-part panel in part, it is possible to avoid the reduction in the yield due to the connection failure and the decrease in the mechanical strength in the connection portion, and the cost reduction The benefits of system-on-a-panel can be enjoyed to some extent. Further, as compared with the system-on-panel in which the pixel portion 5301, the scanning line driver circuit 5302, the scanning line driver circuit 5303, and the signal line driver circuit 5304 are all formed on one substrate, In addition, when a single crystal semiconductor is used, it is possible to form a pixel portion having a large area which is difficult to realize.

Next, the structure of the signal line driver circuit using the n-channel transistor will be described.

The signal line driver circuit shown in Fig. 20A has a shift register 5601 and a sampling circuit 5602. Fig. The sampling circuit 5602 has a plurality of switching circuits 5602_1 to 5602_N (N is a natural number). Each of the switching circuits 5602_1 to 5602_N has a plurality of n-channel transistors 5603_1 to 5603_k (k is a natural number).

The connection relationship of the signal line driver circuit will be described taking the switching circuit 5602_1 as an example. In the following description, either one of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the transistor is referred to as a first terminal and the other is referred to as a second terminal.

The first terminals of the transistors 5603_1 to 5603_k are connected to the wirings 5604_1 to 5604_k, respectively. Video signals are input to the wirings 5604_1 to 5604_k, respectively. The second terminals of the transistors 5603_1 to 5603_k are connected to the signal lines S1 to Sk, respectively. The gate electrodes of the transistors 5603_1 to 5603_k are connected to the shift register 5601.

The shift register 5601 has a function of outputting a timing signal having a high level voltage (H level) in the order of the wirings 5605_1 to 5605_N and sequentially selecting the switching circuits 5602_1 to 5602_N.

The switching circuit 5602_1 has a function of controlling conduction states (conduction between the first terminal and the second terminal) of the wirings 5604_1 to 5604_k and the signal lines S1 to Sk by switching of the transistors 5603_1 to 5603_k, And has a function of controlling whether or not to supply potentials of the wirings 5604_1 to 5604_k to the signal lines S1 to Sk.

Next, the operation of the signal line driver circuit of Fig. 20 (A) will be described with reference to the timing chart of Fig. 20 (B). 20B shows timing signals Sout_1 to Sout_N respectively input to the wirings 5605_1 to 5605_N from the shift register 5601 and timing of the video signals Vdata_1 to Vdata_k input to the wirings 5604_1 to 5604_k The chart is shown as an example.

In addition, one operation period of the signal line driver circuit corresponds to one line period in the display device. Fig. 20B illustrates a case where one line period is divided into a period T1 to a period TN. The periods T1 to TN are periods for writing video signals into one pixel belonging to the selected row, respectively.

In the periods T1 to TN, the shift register 5601 sequentially outputs timing signals of H level to the wirings 5605_1 to 5605_N. For example, in the period T1, the shift register 5601 outputs a signal of the H level to the wiring 5605_1. Then, the transistors 5603_1 to 5603_k of the switching circuit 5602_1 are turned on, so that the wirings 5604_1 to 5604_k and the signal lines S1 to Sk become conductive. At this time, Data (S1) to Data (Sk) are input to the wirings 5604_1 to 5604_k. Data (S1) to Data (Sk) are written in the first to kth columns of the pixels belonging to the row selected through the transistors 5603_1 to 5603_k, respectively. Thus, in the periods T1 to TN, video signals are sequentially written in k rows to the pixels belonging to the selected row.

As described above, the number of video signals or the number of wirings can be reduced by writing the video signal into the pixels in a plurality of rows. Therefore, the number of connections with an external circuit such as a controller can be reduced. In addition, since the video signal is written in the pixels in a plurality of rows, the writing time can be lengthened, and the insufficient writing of the video signal can be prevented.

Next, one form of the shift register used for the signal line driver circuit or the scanning line driver circuit will be described with reference to FIGS. 21 and 22. FIG.

The shift register has the first pulse output circuit 10_1 to the Nth pulse output circuit 10_N (N is a natural number of 3 or more) (see Fig. 21 (A)). The first pulse output circuit 10_1 to the N-th pulse output circuit 10_N receive the first clock signal CK1 from the first wiring 11, the second clock signal CK2 from the second wiring 12, The third clock signal CK3 is supplied from the third wiring 13 and the fourth clock signal CK4 is supplied from the fourth wiring 14. [ In the first pulse output circuit 10_1, the start pulse SP1 (first start pulse) from the fifth wiring 15 is input. (The previous stage signal OUT (n-1)) from the pulse output circuit 10_n-1 of the previous stage in the second and subsequent stages of the n-th pulse output circuit 10_n (n is a natural number of 2 or more and N or less) Is input. In the first pulse output circuit 10_1, the signal from the third pulse output circuit 10_3 in the stage subsequent to the second stage is input. Similarly, the signal from the (n + 2) -th pulse output circuit 10_ (n + 2) at the stage subsequent to the second stage (referred to as the rear stage signal OUT (n + 2)) is input to the second and subsequent stage nth pulse output circuits 10_n. Therefore, the first output signals OUT (1) (SR) to OUT (N) (SR)) for inputting to the pulse output circuits of the succeeding stage and the two preceding stages and the other output signals And the second output signals OUT (1) to OUT (N) are output. As shown in Fig. 21A, since the last stage signal OUT (n + 2) is not inputted to the last two stages of the shift register, the second start pulse SP2, the third start pulse SP3 ) Can be input respectively.

In addition, the clock signal CK is a signal that repeats H level and L level (low level voltage) at regular intervals. Here, the first clock signal CK1 to the fourth clock signal CK4 are sequentially delayed by 1/4 cycle. In the present embodiment, the control of the driving of the pulse output circuit and the like is performed using the first clock signal CK1 to the fourth clock signal CK4. In addition, the clock signal may be referred to as GCK or SCK in accordance with an input driving circuit, but will be described as CK here.

The first input terminal 21, the second input terminal 22, and the third input terminal 23 are electrically connected to any one of the first wiring 11 to the fourth wiring 14. 21A, the first input terminal 21 is electrically connected to the first wiring 11 and the second input terminal 22 is electrically connected to the second wiring 11. In this case, And the third input terminal 23 is electrically connected to the third wiring 13. As shown in Fig. In the second pulse output circuit 10_2, the first input terminal 21 is electrically connected to the second wiring 12, the second input terminal 22 is electrically connected to the third wiring 13 And the third input terminal 23 are electrically connected to the fourth wiring 14.

Each of the first pulse output circuit 10_1 to the Nth pulse output circuit 10_N includes a first input terminal 21, a second input terminal 22, a third input terminal 23, a fourth input terminal 24 , A fifth input terminal 25, a first output terminal 26, and a second output terminal 27 (see Fig. 21 (B)). In the first pulse output circuit 10_1, the first clock signal CK1 is input to the first input terminal 21, the second clock signal CK2 is input to the second input terminal 22, The third clock signal CK3 is inputted to the third input terminal 23 and the start pulse is inputted to the fourth input terminal 24 and the rear end signal OUT (3) is inputted to the fifth input terminal 25 The first output signal OUT (1) (SR) is outputted from the first output terminal 26 and the second output signal OUT (1) is outputted from the second output terminal 27.

22 (A) shows an example of a specific circuit configuration of the pulse output circuit.

Each of the pulse output circuits has a first transistor 31 to a thirteenth transistor 43 (see FIG. 22 (A)). In addition to the first input terminal 21 to the fifth input terminal 25 and the first output terminal 26 and the second output terminal 27 described above, the first high power supply potential VDD is supplied The first to third transistors 31 to 43 are turned on from the power source line 51, the power source line 52 to which the second high power source potential VCC is supplied, and the power source line 53 to which the low power source potential VSS is supplied. ) Is supplied with a signal or a power supply potential. Here, the relationship of the height of the power supply potential of each power supply line in Fig. 22 (A) is such that the first power supply potential VDD is a potential higher than the second power supply potential VCC and the second power supply potential VCC is higher than the third power supply potential (VSS). In addition, the first to fourth clock signals CK1 to CK4 are signals that repeat the H level and the L level at regular intervals, and assume VDD when the H level and VSS when the L level. In addition, by setting the potential VDD of the power supply line 51 higher than the potential VCC of the power supply line 52, the potential applied to the gate electrode of the transistor can be suppressed to a low level without affecting the operation, The shift of the value voltage can be reduced and deterioration can be suppressed.

22A, the first transistor 31 has a first terminal electrically connected to the power source line 51, a second terminal electrically connected to the first terminal of the ninth transistor 39, And the gate electrode is electrically connected to the fourth input terminal 24. The second transistor 32 has a first terminal electrically connected to the power supply line 53, a second terminal electrically connected to the first terminal of the ninth transistor 39, and a gate electrode connected to the fourth transistor 34, respectively. In the third transistor 33, a first terminal is electrically connected to the first input terminal 21, and a second terminal is electrically connected to the first output terminal 26. The first terminal of the fourth transistor 34 is electrically connected to the power line 53 and the second terminal of the fourth transistor 34 is electrically connected to the first output terminal 26. The fifth transistor 35 has a first terminal electrically connected to the power supply line 53 and a second terminal electrically connected to the gate electrode of the second transistor 32 and the gate electrode of the fourth transistor 34 And the gate electrode is electrically connected to the fourth input terminal 24. In the sixth transistor 36, a first terminal is electrically connected to the power supply line 52, and a second terminal is electrically connected to the gate electrode of the second transistor 32 and the gate electrode of the fourth transistor 34. The gate electrode is electrically connected to the fifth input terminal 25. The seventh transistor 37 has a first terminal electrically connected to the power supply line 52, a second terminal electrically connected to the second terminal of the eighth transistor 38, (Not shown). The eighth transistor 38 has the first terminal electrically connected to the gate electrode of the second transistor 32 and the gate electrode of the fourth transistor 34 and the gate electrode electrically connected to the second input terminal 22 Respectively. In the ninth transistor 39, a first terminal is electrically connected to a second terminal of the first transistor 31 and a second terminal of the second transistor 32, and the second terminal is connected to the third transistor 33. The gate electrode and the gate electrode of the tenth transistor 40 are electrically connected, and the gate electrode is electrically connected to the power supply line 52. The tenth transistor (40) has a first terminal electrically connected to the first input terminal (21), a second terminal electrically connected to the second output terminal (27), and a gate electrode connected to the ninth transistor And the second terminal of the second switch SW2. The eleventh transistor 41 has a first terminal electrically connected to the power supply line 53, a second terminal electrically connected to the second output terminal 27, and a gate electrode connected to the second transistor 32 And is electrically connected to the gate electrode and the gate electrode of the fourth transistor 34. The twelfth transistor 42 has a first terminal electrically connected to the power supply line 53, a second terminal electrically connected to the second output terminal 27, and a gate electrode connected to the seventh transistor 37 And is electrically connected to the gate electrode. The thirteenth transistor 43 has a first terminal electrically connected to the power supply line 53, a second terminal electrically connected to the first output terminal 26 and a gate electrode connected to the seventh transistor 37 And is electrically connected to the gate electrode.

22A, the node A is a connection portion of the gate electrode of the third transistor 33, the gate electrode of the tenth transistor 40, and the second terminal of the ninth transistor 39. In FIG. The gate electrode of the second transistor 32, the gate electrode of the fourth transistor 34, the second terminal of the fifth transistor 35, the second terminal of the sixth transistor 36, And the connection portion of the eleventh transistor 41 is a node B (see Fig. 22 (A)).

A timing chart of a shift register having a plurality of pulse output circuits shown in Fig. 22 (A) is shown in Fig. 22 (B).

Further, as shown in Fig. 22 (A), by providing the ninth transistor 39 to which the second power supply potential VCC is applied to the gate electrode, there are the following advantages before and after the bootstrap operation.

When there is no ninth transistor 39 to which the second potential VCC is applied to the gate electrode, when the potential of the node A rises due to the bootstrap operation, the potential of the source electrode which is the second terminal of the first transistor 31 And becomes higher than the first power supply potential VDD. Then, the source electrode of the first transistor 31 is switched to the first terminal side, that is, the power supply line 51 side. Therefore, in the first transistor 31, a large bias voltage is applied between the gate electrode and the source electrode, and between the gate electrode and the drain electrode, so that a large stress is applied, which may cause deterioration of the transistor. Thus, by providing the ninth transistor 39 to which the second power supply potential VCC is applied to the gate electrode, the potential of the node A rises due to the bootstrap operation, The potential can be prevented from rising. That is, by providing the ninth transistor 39, the value of the negative bias voltage applied between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the first transistor 31 can be reduced. Therefore, the negative bias voltage applied between the gate electrode and the source electrode of the first transistor 31 can be made small by employing the circuit configuration of the present embodiment, so that deterioration of the first transistor 31 due to stress can be suppressed .

The portion where the ninth transistor 39 is provided is connected between the second terminal of the first transistor 31 and the gate electrode of the third transistor 33 through the first terminal and the second terminal Lt; / RTI > In addition, in the case of the shift register having a plurality of pulse output circuits in the present embodiment, the ninth transistor 39 can be omitted in the signal line driver circuit having a larger number of stages than the scanning line driving circuit, .

By using oxide semiconductors as the active layers of the first to thirteenth transistors 31 to 43, it is possible to reduce the off current of the transistor, increase the on-current and the field effect mobility, It is possible to reduce the malfunction in the circuit. In addition, a transistor using an oxide semiconductor has a smaller degree of deterioration of a transistor as a transistor is applied with a high potential than the transistor using amorphous silicon. Therefore, even when the first power supply potential VDD is supplied to the power supply line for supplying the second power supply potential VCC, the same operation can be obtained and the number of power supply lines provided between the circuits can be reduced, .

The clock signal supplied by the third input terminal 23 to the gate electrode of the seventh transistor 37 and the clock signal supplied by the second input terminal 22 to the gate electrode of the eighth transistor 38 are The clock signal supplied to the gate electrode of the seventh transistor by the second input terminal 22, and the clock signal supplied by the third input terminal 23 to the eighth gate electrode. . At this time, in the shift register shown in Fig. 22A, when the seventh transistor 37 and the eighth transistor 38 are all turned on, the seventh transistor 37 is turned off and the eighth transistor 38 is turned on The potential of the second input terminal 22 and the potential of the third input terminal 23 is lowered so that the seventh transistor 37 is turned off and the eighth transistor 38 is turned off. The lowering of the potential occurs twice due to the lowering of the potential of the gate electrode of the seventh transistor 37 and the lowering of the potential of the gate electrode of the eighth transistor 38. [ On the other hand, when the seventh transistor 37 and the eighth transistor 38 are all turned on and the seventh transistor 37 is turned on, as in the case of Fig. 22 (B) The eighth transistor 38 is turned off and the seventh transistor 37 is turned off and the eighth transistor 38 is turned off so that the potential of the second input terminal 22 and the potential of the third input terminal 23 The drop of the potential of the node B caused by the drop of the potential can be reduced by one circuit due to the lowering of the potential of the gate electrode of the eighth transistor 38. [ Therefore, a clock signal is supplied to the gate electrode (lower gate electrode and upper gate electrode) of the seventh transistor 37 from the third input terminal 23, and the gate electrode of the eighth transistor 38 It is preferable that the clock signal is supplied from the second input terminal 22 to the gate electrode. This is because the number of fluctuations of the potential of the node B can be reduced and the noise can be reduced.

In this manner, the pulse output circuit malfunctions by providing a configuration in which the H-level signal is periodically supplied to the node B while the potentials of the first output terminal 26 and the second output terminal 27 are kept at the L level. Can be suppressed.

* This embodiment can be implemented in combination with the above embodiment.

(Embodiment 10)

The liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention uses a thin film transistor having high mobility and on-current and high reliability, and thus has high contrast and visibility. In the present embodiment, the structure of a liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

Fig. 23 shows, by way of example, a cross-sectional view of a pixel of a liquid crystal display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The thin film transistor 1401 shown in Fig. 23 includes a gate electrode 1402 formed on the insulating surface, a gate insulating film 1403 on the gate electrode, and an oxide semiconductor film And a pair of conductive films 1406a and 1406b which are formed to sequentially laminate on the oxide semiconductor film 1404 and function as a source electrode or a drain electrode. Further, the thin film transistor 1401 may include an insulating film 1407 formed on the oxide semiconductor film 1404 in its constituent elements. The insulating film 1407 is formed so as to cover the gate electrode 1402, the gate insulating film 1403, the oxide semiconductor film 1404, the conductive film 1406a, and the conductive film 1406b.

In the present embodiment, a source electrode and a drain electrode formed in accordance with the fabrication method shown in Embodiment Mode 1 are taken as an example, but a source electrode and a drain electrode formed in accordance with the fabrication method described in Embodiment Modes 2 to 4 may also be used .

An insulating film 1408 is formed on the insulating film 1407. An insulating film 1407 and an insulating film 1408 are partially provided with openings and a pixel electrode 1410 is formed in the opening to contact one of the conductive films 1406b.

On the insulating film 1408, a spacer 1417 for controlling the cell gap of the liquid crystal element is formed. Although the spacer 1417 can be formed by etching the insulating film to a desired shape, the cell gap can be controlled by dispersing the filler on the insulating film 1408. [

On the pixel electrode 1410, an alignment film 1411 is formed. The counter electrode 1413 is provided at a position opposed to the pixel electrode 1410, and an alignment film 1414 is formed on the side of the counter electrode 1413 near the pixel electrode 1410. The alignment film 1411 and the alignment film 1414 can be formed using an organic resin such as polyimide or polyvinyl alcohol and the alignment treatment for aligning liquid crystal molecules such as rubbing in a certain direction is performed on the surface . Rubbing can be performed by rotating a roller around which a cloth such as nylon is wound while applying pressure to the alignment film and rubbing the surface of the alignment film in a predetermined direction. It is also possible to directly form the alignment film 1411 and the alignment film 1414 having alignment characteristics by vapor deposition without using an alignment process by using an inorganic material such as silicon oxide.

A liquid crystal 1415 is provided between the pixel electrode 1410 and the counter electrode 1413 in a region surrounded by the sealing material 1416. The liquid crystal 1415 may be injected using a dispenser type (dropping type) or a dipping type (pumping type). In addition, the sealing material 1416 may be mixed with a filler.

The liquid crystal element formed of the pixel electrode 1410, the counter electrode 1413, and the liquid crystal 1415 may be overlapped with a color filter capable of passing light in a specific wavelength region. The color filter can be formed on a substrate (opposing substrate) 1420 on which the counter electrode 1413 is formed. The color filter can be selectively formed by using photolithography after an organic resin such as acrylic resin in which the pigment is dispersed is coated on the substrate 1420. Alternatively, a polyimide-based resin in which a pigment is dispersed may be coated on the substrate 1420 and then selectively formed by etching. Alternatively, a color filter may be selectively formed by using a liquid droplet discharging method such as an ink jet method.

Further, a shielding film capable of shielding light between the pixels may be formed in order to prevent the display due to the disorder of the orientation of the liquid crystal 1415 between the pixels from being visible. As the shielding film, an organic resin including a black pigment such as carbon black or titanium oxide of lower order can be used. Alternatively, a shielding film can be formed of a film using chromium.

The pixel electrode 1410 and the counter electrode 1413 may be formed of indium tin oxide (ITO), indium tin oxide (ITO), zinc oxide (ZnO), indium zinc oxide (IZO) GZO) can be used. In the present embodiment, an example of fabricating a transmissive liquid crystal device using a conductive film that transmits light to the pixel electrode 1410 and the counter electrode 1413 has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this structure. The liquid crystal display device according to one aspect of the present invention may be of a transflective or reflective type.

In addition, although TN (twisted nematic) type is shown as a liquid crystal display device in the present embodiment, a liquid crystal display device of VA (Virtical Alignment) type, OCB (optically compensated birefringence) type, IPS (In- The thin film transistor of the present invention can be used for other liquid crystal display devices.

A liquid crystal showing a blue phase without using an alignment film may also be used. The blue phase is one of the liquid crystal phases, and when the cholesteric liquid crystal is heated, the blue phase is a phase which is expressed immediately before transition from the cholesteric phase to the isotropic phase. Since the blue phase is only expressed in a narrow temperature range, it is used for the liquid crystal 1415 by using a liquid crystal composition in which 5% by weight or more of chiral agent is mixed to improve the temperature range. The liquid crystal composition comprising a liquid crystal and a chiral agent exhibiting a blue phase has a response speed of 10 mu sec. Or more. Or less and is optically isotropic, no alignment treatment is required, and the viewing angle dependency is small.

24 is an example of a perspective view showing a structure of a liquid crystal display device of the present invention. 24 includes a liquid crystal panel 1601, a first diffuser plate 1602, a prism sheet 1603, a second diffuser plate 1604, a light guide plate 1605, and a liquid crystal panel 1602 on which a liquid crystal element is formed between a pair of substrates. A reflection plate 1606, a light source 1607, and a circuit board 1608. [

The liquid crystal panel 1601, the first diffusion plate 1602, the prism sheet 1603, the second diffusion plate 1604, the light guide plate 1605 and the reflection plate 1606 are stacked in order. The light source 1607 is provided at the end of the light guide plate 1605 and the light from the light source 1607 diffused into the light guide plate 1605 passes through the first diffusion plate 1602, the prism sheet 1603, 1604 to the liquid crystal panel 1601 uniformly.

In addition, although the 1st diffuser plate 1602 and the 2nd diffuser plate 1604 are used in this embodiment, the number of diffuser plates is not limited to this and may be single or 3 or more. The diffusion plate may be provided between the light guide plate 1605 and the liquid crystal panel 1601. Therefore, the diffusion plate may be provided only on the side closer to the liquid crystal panel 1601 than the prism sheet 1603, and the diffusion plate may be provided only on the side closer to the light guide plate 1605 than the prism sheet 1603.

The prism sheet 1603 is not limited to a sawtooth-shaped cross section shown in FIG. 24, and may have a shape capable of condensing light from the light guide plate 1605 to the liquid crystal panel 1601 side.

The circuit board 1608 is provided with a circuit for generating various signals input to the liquid crystal panel 1601, a circuit for processing these signals, or the like. In Fig. 24, the circuit board 1608 and the liquid crystal panel 1601 are connected to each other through an FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) 1609. Fig. The circuit may be connected to the liquid crystal panel 1601 by a COG (Chip On Glass) method, and a part of the circuit may be connected to the FPC 1609 by a COF (Chip On Film) method It is possible.

24 shows an example in which the circuit of the control system for controlling the driving of the light source 1607 is provided on the circuit board 1608 and the circuit of the control system and the light source 1607 are connected via the FPC 1610. [ However, the circuit of the control system may be formed in the liquid crystal panel 1601. In this case, the liquid crystal panel 1601 and the light source 1607 are connected by an FPC or the like.

In addition, although FIG. 24 illustrates an edge light type light source in which a light source 1607 is disposed at an end portion of the liquid crystal panel 1601, the liquid crystal display device of the present invention has a light source 1607 directly below the liquid crystal panel 1601. It may also be a direct type disposed on.

The present embodiment can be implemented in appropriate combination with the above embodiment.

(Embodiment 11)

In the present embodiment, a structure of a light emitting device using a thin film transistor as a pixel according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described. In the present embodiment, a cross-sectional structure of a pixel when the transistor for driving the light emitting element is n-type will be described with reference to Fig. In FIG. 25, the case where the first electrode is the cathode and the second electrode is the anode is described, but the first electrode may be the anode and the second electrode may be the cathode.

Fig. 25A is a cross-sectional view of a pixel in the case where the transistor 6031 is n-type and light emitted from the light emitting element 6033 is extracted from the first electrode 6034 side. The transistor 6031 is covered with an insulating film 6037, and a partition wall 6038 having an opening is formed on the insulating film 6037. The first electrode 6034 is partly exposed at the opening of the barrier rib 6038 and the first electrode 6034, the electroluminescent layer 6035 and the second electrode 6036 are stacked in this order.

The first electrode 6034 may be formed of a material or a film thickness that transmits light, and may be formed of a metal, an alloy, an electrically conductive compound, a mixture thereof, or the like having a small work function. Concretely, an alkali metal such as Li or Cs, an alkaline earth metal such as Mg, Ca or Sr, an alloy containing them (Mg: Ag, Al: Li, Mg: In etc.) , Calcium nitride), rare earth metals such as Yb and Er can be used. When the electron injection layer is provided, another conductive layer such as aluminum may be used. The first electrode 6034 is formed to have a film thickness (preferably about 5 nm to 30 nm) enough for light to pass therethrough. Further, a light-transmitting conductive layer is formed by using a transparent conductive oxide conductive material so as to be in contact with the conductive layer having a film thickness enough to transmit the light, thereby suppressing the sheet resistance of the first electrode 6034 . It is also possible to use only conductive layers using other transparent conductive oxide materials such as indium tin oxide (ITO), zinc oxide (ZnO), zinc oxide (IZO), and gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO). It is also possible to use a mixture of indium tin oxide (hereinafter referred to as ITSO) containing indium tin oxide (ITO) and silicon oxide or indium oxide containing silicon oxide in an amount of 2 to 20% of zinc oxide (ZnO). When a transparent conductive oxide conductive material is used, it is preferable to provide an electron injection layer in the electroluminescent layer 6035.

The second electrode 6036 is formed of a material and a film thickness that reflect or shield light, and is made of a material suitable for use as an anode. For example, in addition to a single layer film composed of one or more of titanium nitride, zirconium nitride, titanium, tungsten, nickel, platinum, chromium, silver and aluminum, a laminate of a film composed mainly of titanium nitride and aluminum, A three-layer structure of a film mainly composed of aluminum and a titanium nitride film can be used for the second electrode 6036.

The electroluminescent layer 6035 is composed of a single layer or a plurality of layers. When constituted of a plurality of layers, these layers can be classified into a hole injecting layer, a hole transporting layer, a light emitting layer, an electron transporting layer, and an electron injecting layer from the viewpoint of carrier transporting characteristics. When the electroluminescent layer 6035 has any one of the hole injecting layer, the hole transporting layer, the electron transporting layer and the electron injecting layer in addition to the light emitting layer, the electron injecting layer, the electron transporting layer, the light emitting layer, And a hole injection layer. In addition, the boundary line of each layer is not necessarily definite, and the materials constituting each layer may be mixed to some extent to make the interface unclear. An organic material or an inorganic material can be used for each layer. As the organic material, any of a high molecular weight material, a medium molecular weight material, and a low molecular weight material can be used. The medium magnetic field material corresponds to a low aggregate of the number of repeating structural units (degree of polymerization) of about 2 to 20. The distinction between the hole injecting layer and the hole transporting layer is not necessarily strict, and they are the same in the sense that the hole transporting property (hole mobility) is a particularly important characteristic. For convenience, the hole injection layer is a layer on the side in contact with the anode, and the layer in contact with the hole injection layer is called a hole transport layer. The same applies to the electron transporting layer and the electron injecting layer. The layer in contact with the cathode is called an electron injecting layer, and the layer in contact with the electron injecting layer is called an electron transporting layer. The light-emitting layer may also serve as an electron-transporting layer, which is also called a luminescent electron-transporting layer.

In the case of the pixel shown in Fig. 25A, light emitted from the light emitting element 6033 can be extracted from the first electrode 6034 side as indicated by a white arrow.

Next, FIG. 25B shows a cross-sectional view of the pixel in the case where the transistor 6041 is n-type and light emitted from the light emitting element 6043 is extracted from the second electrode 6046 side. The transistor 6041 is covered with an insulating film 6047 and a partition 6048 having an opening is formed on the insulating film 6047. [ The first electrode 6044 is partly exposed at the opening of the barrier rib 6048 and the first electrode 6044, the electroluminescent layer 6045 and the second electrode 6046 are stacked in that order.

The first electrode 6044 may be formed of a material and a film thickness that reflect or shield light, and may be formed of a metal, an alloy, an electrically conductive compound, a mixture thereof, or the like having a small work function. Concretely, an alkali metal such as Li or Cs, an alkaline earth metal such as Mg, Ca or Sr, an alloy containing them (Mg: Ag, Al: Li, Mg: In etc.) , Calcium nitride), rare earth metals such as Yb and Er can be used. When the electron injection layer is provided, another conductive layer such as aluminum may be used.

Further, the second electrode 6046 is formed of a material or a film thickness that transmits light and is made of a material suitable for use as an anode. For example, it is possible to use another transparent conductive oxide material such as indium tin oxide (ITO), zinc oxide (ZnO), indium zinc oxide (IZO) and gallium-doped zinc oxide (GZO) for the second electrode 6046 It is possible. The second electrode 6046 is formed by mixing 2 to 20% of zinc oxide (ZnO) in addition to indium tin oxide (hereinafter referred to as ITSO) containing ITO and silicon oxide or indium oxide containing silicon oxide. . In addition to the single-layer film made of one or more of titanium nitride, zirconium nitride, titanium, tungsten, nickel, platinum, chromium, silver and aluminum in addition to the light transmitting oxide conductive material, a film mainly composed of titanium nitride and aluminum A three-layer structure of a titanium nitride film, a film containing aluminum as a main component, and a titanium nitride film may be used for the second electrode 6046. However, when a material other than the transparent conductive oxide conductive material is used, the second electrode 6046 is formed to a thickness enough to transmit light (preferably about 5 nm to 30 nm).

The electroluminescent layer 6045 can be formed in the same manner as the electroluminescent layer 6035 of Fig. 25A.

In the case of the pixel shown in Fig. 25B, light emitted from the light emitting element 6043 can be extracted from the second electrode 6046 side as indicated by a white arrow.

Next, a cross-sectional view of a pixel in the case where the transistor 6051 is n-type and light emitted from the light emitting element 6053 is extracted from the first electrode 6054 side and the second electrode 6056 side is shown in Fig. 25C . The transistor 6051 is covered with an insulating film 6057 and a partition 6058 having an opening is formed on the insulating film 6057. [ The first electrode 6054 is partly exposed at the opening of the barrier rib 6058 and the first electrode 6054, the electroluminescent layer 6055 and the second electrode 6056 are stacked in that order.

The first electrode 6054 may be formed in the same manner as the first electrode 6034 of FIG. 25A. The second electrode 6056 may be formed in the same manner as the second electrode 6046 of FIG. 25B. The electroluminescent layer 6055 can be formed in the same manner as the electroluminescent layer 6035 of Fig. 25A.

In the case of the pixel shown in Fig. 25C, light emitted from the light emitting element 6053 can be extracted from the first electrode 6054 side and the second electrode 6056 side as indicated by white arrows.

The present embodiment can be implemented in appropriate combination with other embodiments.

By using the semiconductor device according to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an electronic device with high reliability and high-speed driving. Further, by using the semiconductor display device according to an aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an electronic device which is highly reliable and can display with high contrast and visibility.

In addition, the semiconductor device of the present invention can suppress the temperature of the heat treatment in the fabrication process. Therefore, even on a substrate made of synthetic resin having flexibility such as plastic whose heat resistance is lower than that of glass, It is possible to produce. Therefore, by using the manufacturing method according to one aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide a highly reliable, lightweight, and flexible semiconductor device. Examples of the plastic substrate include a polyester such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyether sulfone (PES), polyethylene naphthalate (PEN), polycarbonate (PC), polyetheretherketone (PEEK), polysulfone (PSF) (PEI), polyarylate (PAR), polybutylene terephthalate (PBT), polyimide, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polyvinyl acetate and acrylic resin have.

A semiconductor device according to an aspect of the present invention includes a display device, a notebook type personal computer, and an image reproducing device provided with a recording medium (typically, a reproducing device for reproducing a recording medium such as a DVD: Digital Versatile Disc, Device having a display). In addition to the above, an electronic device capable of using the semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention is a portable telephone, a portable game machine, a portable information terminal, an electronic book, a video camera, a digital camera, a goggle type display (head mount display) , A sound reproducing device (car audio, a digital audio player, etc.), a copying machine, a facsimile, a printer, a multifunctional printer, an automatic teller machine (ATM), and a vending machine. Specific examples of these electronic devices are shown in FIG.

26A is an electronic book, and has a housing 7001, a display portion 7002, and the like. The semiconductor display device according to an embodiment of the present invention can be used in the display portion 7002. [ By using the semiconductor display device according to an embodiment of the present invention in the display portion 7002, it is possible to provide an electronic book which is highly reliable, and can be displayed with high contrast and visibility. Further, the semiconductor device according to an aspect of the present invention can be used in an integrated circuit for controlling the driving of an electronic book. By using the semiconductor device according to one aspect of the present invention in an integrated circuit for controlling the driving of an electronic book, it is possible to provide an electronic book which is highly reliable and can be driven at high speed. Further, by using the flexible substrate, it is possible to provide the semiconductor device and the semiconductor display device with flexibility, so that it is possible to provide an electronic book which is flexible and light and convenient to use.

26B shows a display device, which has a housing 7011, a display portion 7012, a support stand 7013, and the like. The semiconductor display device according to an embodiment of the present invention can be used in the display portion 7012. [ By using the semiconductor display device according to an aspect of the present invention in the display portion 7012, it is possible to provide a display device capable of displaying high reliability and high contrast and visibility. Further, the semiconductor device according to one aspect of the present invention can be used in an integrated circuit for controlling the driving of a display device. By using the semiconductor device according to one aspect of the present invention in an integrated circuit for controlling the driving of the display device, it is possible to provide a display device capable of high reliability and high-speed driving. The display device includes all information display devices such as a personal computer, a TV broadcast reception device, and an advertisement display device.

26C shows a display device, which has a housing 7021, a display portion 7022, and the like. The semiconductor display device according to an embodiment of the present invention can be used in the display portion 7022. [ By using the semiconductor display device according to an embodiment of the present invention in the display portion 7022, it is possible to provide a display device which is highly reliable and capable of display with high contrast and visibility. Further, the semiconductor device according to one aspect of the present invention can be used in an integrated circuit for controlling the driving of a display device. By using the semiconductor device according to one aspect of the present invention in an integrated circuit for controlling the driving of the display device, it is possible to provide a display device capable of high reliability and high-speed driving. Further, by using the substrate having flexibility, the semiconductor device and the semiconductor display device can be made flexible, so that it is possible to provide a display device which is flexible and light and is convenient to use. Therefore, as shown in Fig. 26C, the display device can be used by being fixed to a fabric or the like, and the width of the application of the display device is significantly widened.

26D is a portable game machine and includes a housing 7031, a housing 7032, a display portion 7033, a display portion 7034, a microphone 7035, a speaker 7036, operation keys 7037, a stylus 7038, And so on. The semiconductor display device according to an embodiment of the present invention can be used for the display portion 7033 and the display portion 7034. [ By using the semiconductor display device according to an aspect of the present invention in the display portion 7033 and the display portion 7034, it is possible to provide a portable game machine which is highly reliable and can display high contrast and visibility. The semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention can be used in an integrated circuit for controlling the driving of a portable game machine. It is possible to provide a portable game machine which is highly reliable and can be driven at a high speed by using the semiconductor device according to one aspect of the present invention in an integrated circuit for controlling the driving of the portable game machine. 26 (D) has two display portions 7033 and a display portion 7034, but the number of display portions of the portable game machine is not limited to this.

Fig. 26E shows a cellular phone which has a housing 7041, a display portion 7042, an audio input portion 7043, an audio output portion 7044, operation keys 7045, a light receiving portion 7046, and the like. By converting the light received by the light receiving portion 7046 into an electric signal, an external image can be introduced. The semiconductor display device according to an embodiment of the present invention can be used for the display portion 7042. [ By using the semiconductor display device according to an embodiment of the present invention in the display portion 7042, it is possible to provide a cellular phone which is highly reliable, and can be displayed with high contrast and visibility. Further, the semiconductor device according to an aspect of the present invention can be used in an integrated circuit for controlling the driving of a cellular phone. The use of the semiconductor device according to one aspect of the present invention in an integrated circuit for controlling the driving of the portable telephone makes it possible to provide a portable telephone which is highly reliable and can be driven at high speed.

This example can be implemented in appropriate combination with the above embodiment.

10: Pulse output circuit 11: Wiring
12: wiring 13: wiring
14: wiring 15: wiring
21: input terminal 22: input terminal
23: input terminal 24: input terminal
25: input terminal 26: output terminal
27: output terminal 31: transistor
32: transistor 33: transistor
34: transistor 35: transistor
36: transistor 37: transistor
38: transistor 39: transistor
40: transistor 41: transistor
42: transistor 43: transistor
51: power line 52: power line
53: power line 100: substrate
101: gate electrode 102: gate insulating film
103: oxide semiconductor film 104: oxide semiconductor film
105a: conductive film 105b: conductive film
105c: conductive film 105d: conductive film
105e: conductive film 106: source electrode
107: drain electrode 108: oxide semiconductor film
109: insulating film 110: transistor
111: back gate electrode 112: insulating film
120: thin film transistor 126: source electrode
127: drain electrode 128: oxide semiconductor film
129: insulating film 130: thin film transistor
136: source electrode 137: drain electrode
138: oxide semiconductor film 139: insulating film
140: thin film transistor 146: source electrode
147: drain electrode 148: oxide semiconductor film
149: Insulating film 300:
301: gate electrode 302: gate insulating film
303: oxide semiconductor film 304: oxide semiconductor film
305a: conductive film 305b: conductive film
306: source electrode 307: drain electrode
309: Insulating film 310: Thin film transistor
311: channel protection layer 312: back gate electrode
313: Insulating film 400:
401: gate electrode 402: gate insulating film
403: oxide semiconductor film 404: oxide semiconductor film
405a: conductive film 405b: conductive film
406: source electrode 407: drain electrode
409: Insulating film 410: Thin film transistor
700: pixel portion 701: signal line driver circuit
702: scanning line driving circuit 703: pixel
704: transistor 705: display element
706: Holding capacity 707: Signal line
708: scanning line 710: pixel electrode
711: counter electrode 712: microcapsule
713: drain electrode 714: resin
800: substrate 801: gate electrode
802: gate insulating film 803: oxide semiconductor film
804: an oxide semiconductor film 805: an oxide semiconductor film
806: conductive film 806a: conductive film
806b: conductive film 807: source electrode
808: drain electrode 809: insulating film
813: Thin film transistor 814: Pixel electrode
815: transparent conductive film 816: transparent conductive film
819: Holding capacity 820: Terminal
821: Terminal 822: Capacitive wiring
1401: Thin film transistor 1402: Gate electrode
1403: gate insulating film 1404: oxide semiconductor film
1406a: conductive film 1406b: conductive film
1407: insulating film 1408: insulating film
1410: pixel electrode 1411: alignment film
1413: counter electrode 1414: alignment film
1415: liquid crystal 1416: sealing material
1417: spacer 1420: substrate
1601: liquid crystal panel 1602: diffusion plate
1603: prism sheet 1604: diffusion plate
1605: light guide plate 1606: reflector
1607: light source 1608: circuit board
1609: FPC 1610: FPC
5300: Substrate 5301:
5302: scanning line driving circuit 5303: scanning line driving circuit
5304: Signal line driver circuit 5305: Timing control circuit
5601: Shift register 5602: Sampling circuit
5603: Transistor 5604: Wiring
5605: Wiring 6031: Transistor
6033: light emitting element 6034: electrode
6035: electroluminescent layer 6036: electrode
6037: insulating film 6038: barrier rib
6041: transistor 6043: light emitting element
6044: Electrode 6045: Electroluminescent layer
6046: electrode 6047: insulating film
6048: barrier 6051: transistor
6053: light emitting element 6054: electrode
6055: electroluminescent layer 6056: electrode
6057: Insulating film 6058:
7001: Housing 7002: Display
7011: Housing 7012: Display
7013: support 7021: housing
7022: Display portion 7031: Housing
7032: Housing 7033: Display
7034: Display portion 7035: Microphone
7036: Speaker 7037: Operation Key
7038: Stylus 7041: Housing
7042: display unit 7043: voice input unit
7044: voice output unit 7045: operation keys
7046:

Claims (14)

In the semiconductor device,
A gate electrode over the substrate, the gate electrode comprising copper;
A first insulating film on the gate electrode and comprising silicon nitride;
A second insulating film on the first insulating film and including silicon oxide;
An oxide semiconductor film on the second insulating film and containing indium and oxygen;
A source electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film;
A drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film;
A third insulating film on the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, the third insulating film including silicon oxide;
A fourth insulating film on the third insulating film and including silicon nitride; And
And a pixel electrode on the fourth insulating film and electrically connected to one of the source electrode and the drain electrode,
The third insulating film is in contact with the upper surface of the oxide semiconductor film,
And the second insulating film containing silicon oxide is in contact with the third insulating film containing silicon oxide. In the semiconductor device,
A gate electrode over the substrate, the gate electrode comprising copper;
A first insulating film on the gate electrode and comprising silicon nitride;
A second insulating film on the first insulating film and including silicon oxynitride;
An oxide semiconductor film on the second insulating film and containing indium and oxygen;
A source electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film;
A drain electrode electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor film;
A third insulating film on the oxide semiconductor film, the source electrode, and the drain electrode, the third insulating film including silicon oxynitride;
A fourth insulating film on the third insulating film and including silicon nitride; And
And a pixel electrode on the fourth insulating film and electrically connected to one of the source electrode and the drain electrode,
And the third insulating film is in contact with the upper surface of the oxide semiconductor film. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the oxide semiconductor film comprises an In-Ga-Zn-O-based oxide semiconductor. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the oxide semiconductor film is formed of an In-Sn-Zn-O-based oxide semiconductor, an In-Sn-Zn-O-based oxide semiconductor, Mg-O-based oxide semiconductors, In-Ga-O-based oxide semiconductors, and In-O-based oxide semiconductors. 3. The method of claim 2,
And the second insulating film containing silicon oxynitride is in contact with the third insulating film containing silicon oxynitride. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The third insulating film extends from the first position to the third position via the second position in the channel length direction of the oxide semiconductor film, with the source electrode and the drain electrode interposed between the third insulating film and the second insulating film. and,
The third insulating film contacts the second insulating film at the first position and the third position, and the third insulating film contacts the oxide semiconductor film at the second position. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The ratio of nitrogen contained in the second insulating film is lower than the ratio of nitrogen contained in the first insulating film. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the oxide semiconductor film is a non-single crystal oxide semiconductor film. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the oxide semiconductor film has a carrier concentration of less than 1 x 10 ¹⁸ / cm 3. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
A liquid crystal layer on the pixel electrode;
A second substrate on the liquid crystal layer; And
Further comprising a spacer between said substrate and said second substrate and overlapping said gate electrode. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Each of the source electrode and the drain electrode includes a first conductive film and a second conductive film over the first conductive film,
Wherein the first conductive film comprises one selected from the group consisting of titanium, molybdenum, and tungsten,
Wherein the second conductive film comprises a metal having a lower electronegativity than hydrogen. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
And an FPC connected to the substrate. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
Wherein the oxide semiconductor film includes a concave portion between the source electrode and the drain electrode, and the concave portion overlaps with the gate electrode. 3. The method according to claim 1 or 2,
The source electrode is provided on the oxide semiconductor film,
And the drain electrode is provided on the oxide semiconductor film.

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